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... passed off , very un- willingly , for a far braver man than I really was . On arriving at Sierra Leone , some of us landed to visit the garrison and pay our respects to the governor , Colonel O'C- -r . The bar- racks , on the top of the ...
... passed off , very un- willingly , for a far braver man than I really was . On arriving at Sierra Leone , some of us landed to visit the garrison and pay our respects to the governor , Colonel O'C- -r . The bar- racks , on the top of the ...
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... passed it on to other members of the Council Board . One and all seemed much surprised at the writing , and at my being the possessor of such a weapon . Mr Sarel , the dragoman of the Embassy , who was with me at the time , ex- plained ...
... passed it on to other members of the Council Board . One and all seemed much surprised at the writing , and at my being the possessor of such a weapon . Mr Sarel , the dragoman of the Embassy , who was with me at the time , ex- plained ...
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... the first place , Colonel Ingleby , in full uniform , attended by a sub - lieutenant , Dr B- and two commissariat officers in regi- mentals , passed a review of the men , 167 rank and file . They looked very well in line ,
... the first place , Colonel Ingleby , in full uniform , attended by a sub - lieutenant , Dr B- and two commissariat officers in regi- mentals , passed a review of the men , 167 rank and file . They looked very well in line ,
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... cheered , and then broke out with " We won't go home till morning . " In the course of half an hour passed in this agreeable manner , the men fell readily enough THE ADVANCE OF THE POLICE . 29 into the ranks 28 WHAT I SAW IN KAFFIR - LAND .
... cheered , and then broke out with " We won't go home till morning . " In the course of half an hour passed in this agreeable manner , the men fell readily enough THE ADVANCE OF THE POLICE . 29 into the ranks 28 WHAT I SAW IN KAFFIR - LAND .
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... passing through an enemy's country , lining both sides of the ford - an ad- vanced - guard and a rear - guard . But notwith- standing orders , some of the men had strolled down the banks of the river in order to find a favourable spot ...
... passing through an enemy's country , lining both sides of the ford - an ad- vanced - guard and a rear - guard . But notwith- standing orders , some of the men had strolled down the banks of the river in order to find a favourable spot ...
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