N. H., for the purpose of being again exposed to the actioii of
cold. The navigation and engineer's stores were exposed to a
dry heat of 2fl(P FaL. in ;m oven conatriieted for baking "cores."
A sickening odor is said to have been exhaled from the flags and
signals when heated.
It is a circamstauce worthy of being particularly noted that
many of these stores bore the mark " Rio Jaueiro," and had
been returned from the naval store-honae at that place. Some
among them, such as the glass jars containing pickles, etc.,
were packed in straw and contained in loosely covered boxes,
receptacles well adapted to retaining infection.
