The hospital ship Delta arrived in Hongkong on Monday from the north. She brought down: the South Wales Borderers, amongst whom were about seventeen wounded, and also about twenty who were suffering from fever, and other complaints. The Delta is being dotal ed about ten days in Hongkong, and is again being remodelled. It will be remembered that some time ago she was transformed into a hospital ship, and every convenience was arranged for sick and wounded. Apparently she was not needed for this purpose, at least to any extent, and s0 she was used to bring the troops down from Tsingtao. Now all the excellent preparations, and arrangements are to be removed and the vessel is being transformed into trooper.
Meanwhile the troops are being housed in the several barracks in Hongkong and Kowloon. The are well cared for in the hospital, and seem to be making rapid strides towards recovery. One case is a very bad one. The poor fellow has five or six wounds in different parts of his body, and in addition to these
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