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Page 174
... rider . The man was an excellent swimmer , and managing to disen- gage himself from the animal , contrived to land in safety lower down . The horse was however lost . The cantonments at Kirkee presented at that time a very different ...
... rider . The man was an excellent swimmer , and managing to disen- gage himself from the animal , contrived to land in safety lower down . The horse was however lost . The cantonments at Kirkee presented at that time a very different ...
Page 187
... riding school , in the presence of the assembled regiment . Our worthy commandant wound up a long lecture , which he delivered on the enormity of the offence , by the following injudicious , and andignified remarks : - " And now , sir ...
... riding school , in the presence of the assembled regiment . Our worthy commandant wound up a long lecture , which he delivered on the enormity of the offence , by the following injudicious , and andignified remarks : - " And now , sir ...
Page 237
... rider down the stream . The Serjeant quickly divested himself of his uniform , and plunged in after the unfortunate young man , but though he strained every effort to save him , the force of the current was such that he found himself ...
... rider down the stream . The Serjeant quickly divested himself of his uniform , and plunged in after the unfortunate young man , but though he strained every effort to save him , the force of the current was such that he found himself ...
Page 268
... riding master endeavoured to initiate them in the mysteries of horsemanship ; they daily met with severe accidents at field exercise , which laid them up in hospital , and rendered them unfit for duty . A representation of the fact ...
... riding master endeavoured to initiate them in the mysteries of horsemanship ; they daily met with severe accidents at field exercise , which laid them up in hospital , and rendered them unfit for duty . A representation of the fact ...
Page 269
... ride and dragoon it a bit for my own pleasure . " He had not long joined us at Kirkee , when he discovered that in abandoning Brown Bess and Pompey for the dragooning life , he had not made an exchange for the better . The diffi- culty ...
... ride and dragoon it a bit for my own pleasure . " He had not long joined us at Kirkee , when he discovered that in abandoning Brown Bess and Pompey for the dragooning life , he had not made an exchange for the better . The diffi- culty ...
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