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that indicates they had been common before that time. Fromhim it appears necessary there should be along- with thecommander-in-chief, or, as the moderns express themselves,the staff, a field surgeon in chief, a doctor, who had the in-spection of the field surgeons, the barbers, and their servants,whose duty was to drag the wounded from the heaps ofslain, and to convey them to the former. lie was obligedto keep by him instruments and medicines, and at eachmuster to examine the instruments and apparatus of thefield surgeons; he decided also, in disputed cases, howmuch the soldiers, whose wounds had been cured, ought topay the field surgeons. During marches he was bound toremain with the commander-in-chief. This author also adds,there ought to be with the artillery in the field, a surgeon tothat branch of the service; and with each company a parti-cular field surgeon, not a paltry beard-scraper, (bart-scherer,) but a regularly instructed, experienced, and well-practised man, who was to accompany the ensign with ableservants, and for which he received double pay.

HUNGARY WATER.

Hungary water is an aqueous spirit distilled from rose-mary, which only contains the oily and strongly scentedessence of the plant. To be really good, the spirit of winewherewith it is made ought to be very strong, and therosemary very fresh, and it should be made when the plant isin flower; provided it be so, and quite fresh, the leaves maybe used as well as the flowers, which, according to the pre-scription, should be only employed. It is likewise necessarythat the spirit of wine should be distilled several times uponthe rosemary. But that process is too troublesome andexpensive for that made for sale, which is generally pre-pared from common brandy, mixed with the essence of rose-mary, in the simplest manner. In general it is only mixedwith a few drops of the oil. This article is usually broughtfrom France , where it is manufactured, particularly at Beau-caire, Montpellier, and other places in Languedoc , in whichthat plant grows in great abundance.

Its name, l ean de la. Heine d’llongrie, seems to imply thatthis water, so celebrated for medicinal virtues, is an Hun-garian production. The story of its original, although pre-served in several books, common on the continent, appearsso much in the character of romance, or legendary narrative,that it will scarcely bear repetition. It is reported that it