Narrative of the Life and Travels of Serjeant B.̲̲̲̲̲Excerpt from Narrative of the Life and Travels of Serjeant B Leave Masulipatam - Anecdotes of the Elephant - Its Revenge of an Injury on a Serjeant The Author's Hardships and Illness - Hurri cane - Mrs. B. Stands Godmother to Serjeant Lee's Child Account of Mrs. Lee - Her Death - The Child taken Home by Mrs. B. Remarkable Cases of Hydrophobia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... Army of Re- serve - Is sent to Ireland ............ CHAPTER II . Arrival at Belfast , Athlone , Dublin - His Musi- cal Enthusiasm - Alarms of Conscience - En- lists into the Regulars - Visits Scotland- Courtship - Melancholy Result of ...
... Army - Causes thereof - No Sabbath be- yond the Line - History of J. F. His Aver- sion to Swearing - Melancholy Change in his Character - His awful Death - Account of W. H. - His Friendship with the Author - Their pleasant and ...
... army ; but in truth it was nei- ther that , nor yet the temptation of the large bounty that made me enlist , but the prospect of being a fifer in the army , where I could get proper instructions in my fa- vourite music . Having made up ...
... Army of Reserve quickly went over the town , though few believed it , as I was always so attentive to my work , and I had just finished forty - five yards of linen for shirts to myself ; but although the news seemed strange to many , it ...
... appoint- ed leading fifer to the grenadier company of the regiment . We had not been six weeks at Athlone , when an order was issued for forming an army on the plains of Kil- dare , and our regiment , ( the 26th , NARRATIVE OF SERJEANT B ...
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