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Camp and Quarters, Scenes and Impressions of Military Life
Camp and Quarters Scenes and Impressions of Military Life Author:John Patterson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1840 Original Publisher: Saunders and Otley Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you ... more »can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. Quarters in Portalegre -- Pleasant Walks -- Wood Cutting -- Small Value of Human Life in Spain -- Volunteers -- Commissaries -- Sir Thomas Picton -- Saint Lawrence -- Taste for Dining -- Bad Policy in Hanging Commissaries -- The Second Majors -- Fond of Good Living, and of Ogling -- The Unfortunate H. P. in quest of a Dinner --« less