Nearly all the Mahomedan inhabitants of Bombay observe as a general picnic day the last Wednesday of the month of 'Safar' which is known as 'Akhiri Char Shamba' or 'Chela Budh'; for on this day the Prophet, convalescent after a severe illness, hied him to a pleasance on the outskirts of Mecca.

Hence, those seriously ill, those who fear the saying of the Office may upset them in their weak state, and convalescents from a serious illness, are excused from saying the Hours.

The two ladies, not heeding the stranger, fell upon the convalescent on the cot, and Jones slipped away.

Desire rose within me: the indescribable longing of the convalescent for the food of recovery.

He did not deem it advisable to send a convalescent to one of the large and busy hotels; neither did he think it proper to reserve rooms for her at an ordinary boarding-house, where she would sit at the same table with department-employees and congressmen.

A week had passed since any of the family from Oakwood had come to make inquiries after the convalescent at Portchester, when Dr. Woodford mounted his sleek, sober-paced pad, and accompanied by a groom, rode over to make his report and tender his counsel to Major Oakshott.

A week had passed since Leonore had spent her first day as convalescent among the family.

We found there my old friend Mr. Tilston,* the assistant-surgeon, with some convalescents under his charge.

At first he was not completely cured but (was) like one convalescent until (complete) health returned to him by degrees again.