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depended upon his own individual exertions. 

 Then it is that the British soldier shows him- 

 self to be of sterling metal, and shines in a 

 light incontestably superior to that of any other 

 nation. His extreme coolness, combined with his 

 sturdy bull-dog courage, his superior strength, 

 weight, and size, and his knowledge of his own 

 power, give him great advantages in the meUe^ 

 whilst his unflinching loyalty to his Queen, and 

 his innate patriotism, animate him to deeds of 

 daring in the field, and in the hour of need en- 

 able him to sustain the fearful privations and 

 hardships which at times it is his lot to undergo. 



Inkermann, besides adding another glorious 

 name to the annals of Old England, has shown 

 that British soldiers have not degenerated ; and 

 the day will come when the merits of those who 

 fought that day will be better appreciated, and 

 their services more liberally rewarded. The old 

 race of gallant veterans who fought and conquered 

 under the great Duke are passing away ; another 

 generation has succeeded them, and in time to 

 come, when ours shall be as the days of old, the 



