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PREFACE 



"THESE papers were written during the 

 Afghan War, and made the dlbtit in 



j the Times of India. They come on the stage 

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again in answer to what vanity fancied was 



an encore. Perhaps it was the voice of the 

 3 Scotchman crying, " Ong-core ! Ong-core ! 

 We'll hae nae mair o' that." 



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