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the Sugar Lodl, Iroin ils resemblance to one. 

 It was covered for the most part with thick 

 scrub, but had some fair tj^razinrr for cattle on 

 the top. Our friend made a bet with another 

 officer that he would not run up the hill and back 

 in a certain time. It looked good odds that the 

 man who took the bet would win. However, 

 when he came to tackle the job he found that 

 the only paths to the top were so hampered with 

 cattle, carefully driven up with the object of 

 blocking these paths, that the specified time had 

 long expired before he completed his task. What 

 put the cap on this fellow's trickery was as follows. 

 One of the officers passing the ante-room windows 

 of the mess bungalow saw Mr X. measuring the 

 legs of the card-tables. Guessing what was afoot, 

 he waited till the measuring was finished and the 

 coast clear. He then got a saw and shortened 

 the legs by an inch. Sure enough, the conversa- 

 tion at mess turned on the height of the tables. 

 Large bets were made, and an adjournment to 

 the ante-room took place, where the tables were 

 measured. Captain X. failed to settle and within 

 three days was on his way back to England. 



