POONA DIVISION OF THE ARMY.

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the sowars and native followers have submitted to the operation; and I am glad to state, that
through the faithful and efficient services of my hospital assistants, vaccination is still being
placed within the reach of every individual in the regiment.

       Water-supply, Source and Quality .—The supply of water for the cavalry is obtained from
wells and is of good quality, but occasionally inadequate in quantity. In the hot season,
when a free use of water is most essential to the well-being of the regiment, there has been
a scarcity, which has interfered with the comfort, if not with the health, of the men. This evil
will, I understand, be remedied sometime hence, by the laying on of an unlimited supply of
good water from the Kurruckwasla Canal.

       The extremes and means of temperature, with the amount of rain for the months of the
past year, are as follows:—

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