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Appx. XVIII.
Telegraphic code re. infectious deseases.
Num- ber. |
STATUS. | ||||||||
OFFICERS. | OTHER RANKS. | WOMEN. | CHILDREN. | FOLLOWERS. | |||||
British. | Indian. | British. | Indian. | British. | Indian. | British. | Indian. | ||
1 | Oil.. | Tar.. | Man.. | Native. | Wail.. | Goal.. | Yarn. | Hall. | Amber. |
2 | Ocean.. | Trumps. | Mart.. | Nave.. | Ward.. | Gaiety. | Yellow. | High. | Alms. |
3 | Offer. | Taste.. | Mend.. | Near.. | Weak.. | Guide.. | Yet.. | Hollow. | Avoid. |
4 | Olive. | Tide.. | Metre.. | Never.. | Wine.. | Gist.. | Yield. | Half. | Alloy. |
5 | Omen.. | Tiffin.. | Mix.. | Nibble. | Wood.. | Grand.. | Yoke. | Host. | Aaron. |
6 | Option.. | Tub.. | Musk.. | Nile.. | Worn.. | Globe.. | Yonder. | Hamper. | Absent. |
7 | Octave. | Twinkle. | Mute.. | Nod.. | White.. | Great.. | Youth. | Haughty. | Adore. |
8 | Otter.. | Teeth.. | Mean.. | Note.. | Wrath. | Germ.. | Yacht. | Hump. | Acrated. |
9 | Oblong. | Tweed. | Mortal. | Normal. | Wreck. | Glitter. | Yeast. | Haven. | Ahead. |
10 | Oyster. | Tool.. | Market. | Nut.. | Wrong. | Gorge.. | Yardley. | Hinges. | Account. |
Disease prevalent in bazar =Bazaar. | Moved into camp =Tented. |
„ „ „ city =City. | Camp shifted =Shifted. |
„ „ „ district =District. | All necessary pre - |
Report follows by post =Packet. | cautions taken =Precaution. |
Specimen message. | Same message in code. | ||
(a) | Smallpox. | (a) | Smallpox. |
(b) | Thirteenth. | (b) | Thirteenth. |
(c) | Four British cases and one Indian case in barracks—one British officer Lieutenant Jones 1st Gloucesters, three British other ranks 2nd Bedfords one Indian woman 2-18th Garhwalis. |
(c) | Bear lamp—oil Lieutenant Jones 1st Gloucesters mend 2nd Bed- fords, goal 2-18th Garhwalis. |
(d) | One death Indian—woman 2-18th Garhwalis. | (d) | Salmon-goal 2-18th Garhwalis. |
(e) | Thirty cases eleven deaths. | (e) | Cases thirty deaths eleven. |