Snake and Sword eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 291 pages of information about Snake and Sword.

Snake and Sword eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 291 pages of information about Snake and Sword.

[Footnote 2:  Footman and male “housemaid".]

[Footnote 3:  Gardener.]

[Footnote 4:  Groom.]

[Footnote 5:  Real, solid, permanent, proper, ripe, genuine.]

[Footnote 6:  Anna = a penny.]

[Footnote 7:  Strong, powerful chief.]

[Footnote 8:  Grass-man.]

[Footnote 9:  Carriage.]

[Footnote 10:  Bullock-carts.]

[Footnote 11:  A kind of starling.]

[Footnote 12:  Water-carriers.]

[Footnote 13:  Servant.]

[Footnote 14:  Camel-man.]

[Footnote 15:  Confined to barracks.]

[Footnote 16:  A famous Hussar regiment.]

[Footnote 17:  Teetotal.]

[Footnote 18:  Cigarettes.]

[Footnote 19:  When a non-commissioned officer does anything to risk losing his stripes he says he “chances his arm".]

[Footnote 20:  Permanent Military Police.]

[Footnote 21:  Summons before the Commanding Officer in Orderly Room.]

[Footnote 22:  Guard-room.]

[Footnote 23:  Infantry Regiments.]

[Footnote 24:  Cavalry Regiment.]

[Footnote 25:  Silent.]

[Footnote 26:  This actually happened some years ago at Bangalore.—­AUTHOR.]

[Footnote 27:  News, information.]

[Footnote 28:  Camel.]

[Footnote 29:  By means of its “Decies Horizontal Screw Stabilizer,” which enabled it to “hover” with only a very slight rise and fall.]

[Footnote 30:  Native bed-frame.]

[Footnote 31:  Baggage-camel.]

[Footnote 32:  Hindustani—­enough, finished, complete.]

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