SPORT IN WAR 



as far as three of us were concerned; 

 the fourth, the man who had come 

 from the main body, was moving 

 in a far freer and more confident 

 manner than any of us could boast ; 

 he clambered over the rocks and 

 sprang with agility into the most 

 likely corners for finding a wounded 

 lion lying ambushed, and his sole 

 weapon was his revolver — for he was 

 a farrier. Such is Tommy Atkins ; 

 whether it is the outcome of sheer 

 pluck, or of ignorance, or of both 

 combined, the fact remains that he 

 will sail gaily in where danger lies, 

 and as often as not sail gaily out 

 again unharmed. 



However, to continue : at last we 

 were on the spot, but no lion was 

 there — an occasional splash of blood, 

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