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you. When master and servants understand 

 each other, and pull together, " camp life" is the 

 happiest existence I know of. 



My "gatherings" have often been a motley 

 crew a rough and reckless lot of desperate men, 

 of different colours, race, and creed, bound by no 

 tie, and heeding no law yet perfect unanimity 

 always existed amongst them, and many a jovial 

 night have we passed reclining round the watch- 

 fire after a hard day's work, a sharp skirmish, or 

 a great hunt, when wild songs were sung, strange 

 tales were told, and many a hoarse peal of merri- 

 ment rang through the night-air, as the jest went 

 round. Loudly we laughed, and little we recked 

 for the morrow. 



Hints in Case The two S reat maladies that a 

 of Illness. . ,. , , . , . 



sportsman is liable to in malarious 



regions are fever and dysentery, both of which, 

 if not checked, are apt to end fatally. 



Fever in its mildest form is gene- 

 Fever. 



rally intermittent that is, there are 



intervals of health between the attacks ; but as 



