Camp and barrack-room; or, The British army as it is, by a late staff-sergeant of the 13th Light infantry [J.M. MacMullen]. |
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... camel ; and consequently , our armies will never be destitute of a Braddock or an Elphinstone ; in spite of our having a Marlborough in one age , and a Wellington in another , to remodel and mould them anew . England wants a ...
... camel ; and consequently , our armies will never be destitute of a Braddock or an Elphinstone ; in spite of our having a Marlborough in one age , and a Wellington in another , to remodel and mould them anew . England wants a ...
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... camel to work the machine . On the wheel is placed from fifteen to thirty water chatties , on the principle of the elevator in corn stores ; and as these are brought up full to its top , they empty them- selves into a trough placed ...
... camel to work the machine . On the wheel is placed from fifteen to thirty water chatties , on the principle of the elevator in corn stores ; and as these are brought up full to its top , they empty them- selves into a trough placed ...
Stranica 193
... camel carried two of these kejous or panniers , sus- pended at either side of his hump , the connecting cords resting on a rude wooden frame ; and a more villanous mode of travelling , I can aver from sad experience , was never ...
... camel carried two of these kejous or panniers , sus- pended at either side of his hump , the connecting cords resting on a rude wooden frame ; and a more villanous mode of travelling , I can aver from sad experience , was never ...
Stranica 194
... camel fly , which so teased our camel that it was constantly kicking or rubbing against the bushes to get rid of its tormentors . It was rather unpleasant every now and then to be coming into contact with a prickly pear bush , but still ...
... camel fly , which so teased our camel that it was constantly kicking or rubbing against the bushes to get rid of its tormentors . It was rather unpleasant every now and then to be coming into contact with a prickly pear bush , but still ...
Stranica 198
... camel with a saddle ; -but lest the word saddle might induce a reader to imagine an article to which the term is applied in this country , it may be necessary to explain that the one in question was a rough wooden frame made so as to ...
... camel with a saddle ; -but lest the word saddle might induce a reader to imagine an article to which the term is applied in this country , it may be necessary to explain that the one in question was a rough wooden frame made so as to ...
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