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Excerpt from With a Policeman in South Africa, or Three Years in the Natal Mounted Police: A True Narrative
At last my four trunks and a hat box were ready, not forgetting an umbrella. Alas! What recollections do the two last-named arti cles bring to me, of a game of cricket with them on deck, in the Bay of Biscay! Oh! M top hat and its box each served in turn as cricket ball, with my silk umbrella as the bat With what rapidity did such baggage finally disappear and give place to the serviceable cavalryman's kit of light marching order!
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