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" I was asked to draw a map of Chusan Bay, 

 town and suburb, which I did with the ships and 

 tents. I was then told to draw a map of London 

 and a number of other maps, and we got very 

 friendly indeed, so much so, that the cage was 

 discarded and the irons removed ; this was on the 

 26th of October. 



'* On the loth of March we were delivered over 

 to our own comrades on board the Wellesley (74), 

 a peace having been made, and we sailed for 

 Canton, where, however, the war broke out afresh, 

 and we attacked Canton, and it was ransomed for 

 6,000,000 dollars, and our army and navy returned 

 to Chusan, and we wintered at Ningpo, where I 

 occupied my old quarters for a second winter. 



" P. Anstruther, 



" Major-General." 



The following account of a meet of the Forfar- 

 shire Hounds in Fife appeared in a local paper : — 



"On 19th March, 1874, the Forfar Hounds met 

 by invitation at Dairsie Bridge. Wednesday night 

 was sharp and clear, the glass rising, and every 

 indication of a frost ; but we know from experience 

 that it takes a good many degrees to keep the Fife 

 Master at home, and as he will probably be called 

 upon to pronounce the verdict ' Yes ' or ' No ' for his 

 own country on the morrow, we went to bed per- 

 fectly happy. A bright glorious morning was this 

 19th of March — some would say too gaudy for fox- 

 hunting. The hounds arrived punctually at eleven 



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