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Publisher's Note: Major A. B. Paterson has been on active service in Egypt for the past eighteen months. The publishers feel it incumbent on them to say that only a few of the pieces in this volume have been seen by him in proof; and that he is not responsible for the selectio...
Publisher's Note: Major A. B. Paterson has been on active service in Egypt for the past eighteen months. The publishers feel it incumbent on them to say that only a few of the p...
2. Chapter 2Then his face was somewhat browner and his frame was firmer set-- And he feels his flabby muscles with a feeling of regret. But the wool-team slowly passes, and his eyes go sadl...
3. Chapter 3They came of bold and roving stock that would not fixed abide; They were the sons of field and flock since e'er they learnt to ride, We may not hope to see such men in these deg...
4. Chapter 4The sound of a whip comes faint and far, A rattle of hoofs, and here they are, In all their tameless pride. The fleet wild horses snort with fear, And wheel and break as the yar...
5. Chapter 5He “haka'd” most effectively--then, with an airy grace Rubbed noses with the Manager, and vanished into space. But when the wool-return came back, ah me, what sighs and groans!...