Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 257William Blackwood, 1945 - England |
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Page 154
... village was typical of a thousand others . Laid out haphazard , and not too clean , the place contained about forty households , each with a walled com- pound enclosing a group of beehive huts which varied in number according to the ...
... village was typical of a thousand others . Laid out haphazard , and not too clean , the place contained about forty households , each with a walled com- pound enclosing a group of beehive huts which varied in number according to the ...
Page 303
... village near the border . Bashan slept in fresh golden straw in the courtyard of Dost Khan the landlord . Next morning Bashan had vanished . His attendants were found fast asleep and drugged . Then the " Hoo Ha " began . Mounted ...
... village near the border . Bashan slept in fresh golden straw in the courtyard of Dost Khan the landlord . Next morning Bashan had vanished . His attendants were found fast asleep and drugged . Then the " Hoo Ha " began . Mounted ...
Page 318
... village of some twenty households , I made my quarters for two peaceful days . It was accommodation an English pedigree cow would have refused , but really quite adequate for a travelling administrative officer , the only marked ...
... village of some twenty households , I made my quarters for two peaceful days . It was accommodation an English pedigree cow would have refused , but really quite adequate for a travelling administrative officer , the only marked ...
Contents
A COLONEL OF THE FRONTIER FORCE BY LIEUT COLONEL | 73 |
AN INFANTRY OFFICER WITH THE EIGHTH ARMYI XII | 91 |
Salute | 134 |
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