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villages and on the high-road, you may see white notices displayed:
—Hay for fugitives.
—Oats.
At seven pounds a horse.
—Wood for fugitives.
—Milk for children.
—Boiled water for fugitives.
—Boiling water for fugitives.
—Tea for fugitives.
—Food relief point.
—Medical point.
—Isolation point.
All is at the disposal of the fugitives.
But go into the medical point and you will find:
—That of medicine to stop dysentery there is none whatever.
Or go into the tea shop and they will tell you:
—The fugitives give the sugar to their children as a treat. So to prevent this
