Note Your First Impressions of These Photographs 



Above: A British des- 

 patch rider, one of a 

 squad picked for speed 

 and endurance, who 

 carry orders from 

 headquarters to wide- 

 ly separated points on 

 the firing line. So 

 fast is this man trav- 

 eling downhill that his 

 machine seems to be 

 floating in mid-air. 

 He is really on a road 



Not a beautiful short- 

 skirted lady nor 

 an inmate of a 

 harem but one of the 

 officers of the British 

 army in India where 

 the soldiers go veiled 

 as a protection against 

 the mosquitoes and 

 flies, which are be- 

 lieved to spread ma- 

 laria and yellow fever 



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