RECORDS OF SERVICE AND CAMPAIGNING IN MANY LANDS, VOL. 1 BY SURGEON-GENERAL MUNRO, M.D., C.B. Excerpt from Contents CHAPTER I. Ordered to London, 1844 - Sir James McGregor, Bart - His Reception of Me - Examination by Board of Medical Officers - Ordered to Chatham - Fort Pitt - Dr. Andrew Smith (afterwards Sir Andrew) - Supernumeraries - Their Duties - The Army Medical Mess - The P. M. O. of former Days - Absence without Leave - Unpleasant Surprise - Consequences - Supernumeraries' Lodgings - Convivial Parties - Visit Chatham after Absence of many Years CHAPTER II. Weary Waiting - Volunteers for Sierra Leone - Another Examination - Appointment to 91st Regiment - First Appearance in Uniform at Mess - My Reminiscences - Grateful Thanks to Reviewers and Public - Sail for Cape of Good Hope - Feelings on leaving Home - An Old Companion and Friend - Cape Town - Table Mountain - Sail for Algoa Bay - Landing in Surf - Port Elizabeth - The Old Commandant - Start for Grahams Town - The Cape Wagon - The Vorloeper - The Hottentot and his Vrow CHAPTER III. Our Escort - My Travelling Companions - To Watch by Turns - The First Alarm - Affords Amusement to Hottentots - Outspan - The Second Alarm - Unearthly Noises - Treck at Midnight - Aspect of Country - Addo Bush - The Vorloeper - The Driver - His Sign of Office, a Long Whip - The Facility with which he Handles It - The Pleasure of Travel - Grahamstown - Troops in Garrison - My Colonel and Surgeon - Colonel Somerset - Colonel Hare, Lieutenant-Governor - The Drostdie - Brother Officers - Medical Officers - Strength of Troops at Cape - Pay and Allowances at Cape - Ordered on Detachment CHAPTER IV. Start for Fort Peddie - My Soldier Servant - Trumpeter's Drift - Fish River Bush - Arrive at Fort Peddie - Captain Wright of the 91st - Mr. Shepstone, now Sir Theophilus - Missionaries - Kaffirs and Fingoes - Their Language - Rites and Customs - Their Marriage Ceremony - Courts of Justice or Appeal - Religious Belief - Witchcraft - The Chiefs Pato and Umkai - Kraals CHAPTER V. Cape Corps Relieved by 7th Dragoon Guards - Explore the surrounding Country with Wright - His Knowledge of Locality and Distance - Long Ride to Fish River Mouth - The Fish River and Bush - Absence of Game - Kaffir Hunt - The Tame Crane - Hyaena and Jackal - Poff Adder - Dr. Smith's Adventure - Kloofs - An Unpleasant Discovery - Shepstone's Life Threatened - Wright's Generous Act - Night Alarm - Murder - Shepstone Appointed to Natal - His Departure - Murder of Missionary - Sandilli and Macomo - Menacing Attitude of Kaffirs. . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windham Press is committed to bringing the lost cultural heritage of ages past into the 21st century through high-quality reproductions of original, classic printed works at affordable prices. This book has been carefully crafted to utilize the original images of antique books rather than error-prone OCR text. This also preserves the work of the original typesetters of these classics, unknown craftsmen who laid out the text, often by hand, of each and every page you will read. Their subtle art involving judgment and interaction with the text is in many ways superior and more human than the mechanical methods utilized today, and gave each book a unique, hand-crafted feel in its text that connected the reader organically to the art of bindery and book-making. We think these benefits are worth the occasional imperfection resulting from the age of these books at the time of scanning, and their vintage feel provides a connection to the past that goes beyond the mere words of the text.