192 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



to consult General Clements, who was 

 commanding the district in which the 

 mutinous troops were stationed. 



The General took Lord Tullibardine's 

 point of view, but made a disquieting 

 suggestion. "The best plan," said he, 

 " is to march down a couple of battalions 

 and disarm them." 



The Officer Commanding was con- 

 siderably put out of countenance. It is 

 said that he exclaimed, "I can disarm 

 my own men by myself." 



After further debate, the General 

 and the Officer Commanding set out upon 

 a joint attempt at pacification. They 

 found the men in extremely bad temper. 

 The Officer Commanding had taken with 

 him twenty men from his own squadron. 

 These were by way of going out to 

 another column, and, to prevent sus- 

 picion, were kept pretty well in the 

 background. The strikers were paraded, 

 to be given a third chance. They had 

 fallen-in in their shirt-sleeves, but with 

 their arms. " You need not bother with 



