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Adventures in Many Lands

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. . .At last we came to a deep and thickly wooded nala, or watercourse, which curved like a horseshoe. The panther entered the watercourse at the centre and turned along the bed to the left.[Pg 59] We turned to the right and skirted along the outside of the course, as it was not safe to go nearer. We all advanced until we nearly reached the right limit of the horseshoe bend, and then, leaving the trackers, I approached the watercourse, hearing the beast at the other end about two hundred yards away.

After waiting about twenty minutes looking for a spot to cross the deep nala it appears that the wounded animal slowly and silently doubled back along the densely wooded watercourse and suddenly sprang out at me. I fired and stepped back, falling, as I did so, into the watercourse. The next thing I remember was the panther seizing me by the arm and pulling me down as I arose, and beginning to claw my head.

Then I saw on top of the panther my little fox-terrier Tob. . . Read More

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fascinating. good to know

3.5*

This book is surprisingly informal and chatty -- I loved the conversational voice and how it humanised the events of the Crimean War. Rather than focus on the political events which, she recognises, her reader will have read about in The Times, she focuses on the tiny domestic details of her career

A really interesting read, truly historically fascinating and engaging throughout. I'm very glad I read it and I'd highly recommend it.

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