Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 236William Blackwood, 1934 - England |
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Page 151
... Gurkha bugler , aged sixteen , snoring under my bed . When roused by a polo stick , he explained why he had chosen this particular sanctuary in which to sleep it off . Said he The Battalion Orderly Havil- dar would never dare search 64 ...
... Gurkha bugler , aged sixteen , snoring under my bed . When roused by a polo stick , he explained why he had chosen this particular sanctuary in which to sleep it off . Said he The Battalion Orderly Havil- dar would never dare search 64 ...
Page 447
... Gurkha bugler , aged fourteen , as he scrambled ashore ; " I still breathe , but never before have I drunk so much water . " He reached for his bottle , and drank rum as an antidote . We were not on the main- land , but marooned on a ...
... Gurkha bugler , aged fourteen , as he scrambled ashore ; " I still breathe , but never before have I drunk so much water . " He reached for his bottle , and drank rum as an antidote . We were not on the main- land , but marooned on a ...
Page 450
... Gurkha orderly , Gurkha kukris are as keen whom he had left far behind . as razors , and he had insulted Until he had met the young a Gurkha woman . Sahib from the Gogra Pultan , 1 old Mansur Rai had rather fancied himself as a ...
... Gurkha orderly , Gurkha kukris are as keen whom he had left far behind . as razors , and he had insulted Until he had met the young a Gurkha woman . Sahib from the Gogra Pultan , 1 old Mansur Rai had rather fancied himself as a ...
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MAGAS LOGcontd | 140 |
A BRUSH WITH MANCHURIAN BANDITS BY CAPTAIN J V | 302 |
A BOTANIST ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN BY SIR ARTHUR W HILL | 649 |
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