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That detachment, who had gone up in bullock carts, returned to headquarters at an average rate of thirty miles a day, fair heel and toe; no sick, no prisoners, and no court martials pending. THAT DETACHMENT WHO HAD GONE UP IN BULLOCK CARTS RETURNED TO HEADQUARTERS AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF THIRTY MILES A DAY FAIR HEEL AND TOE NO SICK NO PRISONERS AND NO COURT MARTIALS PENDING
explained whom Cottar found with a shut eye and a diamond-shaped mouth spitting blood through an embrasure: “We tried it with the gloves, sir, for twenty minutes, and _that_ done us no good, sir. Then we took off the gloves and tried it that way for another twenty minutes, same as you showed us, sir, an’ that done us a world o’ good. ’T wasn’t fightin’, sir; there was a bet on.” Cottar dared not laugh, but he invited his men to other sports, such as racing across country in shirt and trousers after a trail of torn paper, and to single-stick in the evenings, till the native population, who had a lust for sport in every form, wished to know whether the white men understood wrestling. They sent in an ambassador, who took the soldiers by the neck and threw them about the dust; and the entire command were all for this new game. They spent money on learning new falls and holds, which was better than buying other doubtful commodities; and the peasantry grinned five deep round the tournaments. T AND SOOTHE THEMSELVES TO EXHAUSTION AS ONE EXPLAINED WHOM CARTER FOUND WITH A SHUT EYE AND A DIAMOND SHAPED MOUTH SPITTING BLOOD THROUGH AN AMBUSHER WE TRIED IT WITH THE GLOVES SIR FOR TWENTY MINUTES AND THAT DONE US NO GOOD SIR THEN WE TOOK OFF THE GLOVES AND TRIED IT THAT WAY FOR ANOTHER TWENTY MINUTES SAME AS YOU SHOWED US SIR AND THAT DONE US A WORLD O GOOD TWASN'T FIGHTIN SIR THERE WAS A BET ON DARED NOT LAUGH BUT HE INVITED HIS MEN TO OTHER SPORTS SUCH AS RACING ACROSS COUNTRY IN SHIRT AND TROUSERS AFTER TRAIL OF TORN PAPER AND TO SINGLE STICK IN THE EVENINGS TILL THE NATIVE POPULATION WHO HAD A LUST FOR SPORT IN EVERY FORM WISHED TO KNOW WHETHER THE WHITE MEN UNDERSTOOD WRESTLING THEY SENT IN AN AMBASSADOR WHO TOOK THE SOLDIERS BY THE NECK AND THREW THEM ABOUT THE DUST AND THE ENTIRE COMMAND WERE ALL FOR THE NEW GAME THEY SPENT MONEY ON LEARNING NEW FALLS AND HOLES WHICH WAS BETTER THAN BUYING OTHER DOUBTFUL COMMODITIES AND THE PEASANTRY GRINNED FIVE DEEP ROUND THE TOURNAMENTS
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