HADJ ANO 



" Stoke up " came to mean, with 

 us, ^' Pack up and march " ; ^^ Bank 

 the fires" implied we might halt and 

 encamp ; and with this limited lan- 

 guage, eked out with signs, we got 

 along very well — all things con- 

 sidered. At any rate, we succeeded 

 in arriving at the right place — wet 

 and tired, it is true, but satisfied in 

 the result. 



On reaching the farm I found a 

 note from Brown bidding me wel- 

 come, and explaining that in his 

 enforced absence in Tunis two 

 French officers, who were also 

 guests of his, would be glad to help 

 me in the matter of sport. The 

 officers, in fact, received me at the 

 door, and did the honours of the 

 house with the greatest goodwill ; 

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