VI NOTES FOE HUNTING-MEN 



his energy untiring ; and, besides having passed the 

 Veterinary School at Aldershot with marked distinc- 

 tion, he possessed the ' natural ' gift of knowledge 

 and judgment of the animal that was to play so 

 important a part in the war. The hardest and 

 most trying work began when he had to form a 

 remount depot at De Aar— a horribly dusty and 

 brown spot on the Cape Town-Pretoria main line. 

 From there he not only had to make journeys to 

 buy horses, but to arrange for their reception and 

 that of hundreds of lately landed mules, and also 

 to apportion animals to different units as they were 

 wanted. 



This was no sinecure, as one can imagine when 

 one comes to think of the organisation it would 

 require. Be it said, to his credit, he was one of 

 those men who would do well, and spare no pains 

 over whatever he took up ; and his work in this 

 instance was such,^ that all w^ho came in contact 

 with the results have said ' Well done.' Still more, 

 here was an example which, to follow, would merit 

 approbation from our Sovereign and our country. 



Shortly before the British Army advanced to 

 attack the Boer position at Magersfontein, he 



