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Title: My life-work;
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Smith, Samuel, 1836-1906
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Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton

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fastened onits head, and apparently hacked it in pieces, till the snake lay quitedead to all appearance, and a swarm of flies settled on its bloody head,as they do on dead bodies. Then the man offered to bring it to lifeagain, if we would give him four annas extra, which we did, and heplayed a musical instrument, whereupon the creature began to move ;he then pulled it with his hand, and it revived, and he put it back inthe box ! It reminded us of Pharaohs magicians, who did the likewith their enchantments. In the afternoon we called upon a fme joung soldier, a corporal ofthe 17th Lancers, who had made our acquaintance at Agra ; he hadbeen a member of the Liverpool Gymnasium and Y.M.C.A. and was thechampion player at the Gymnasium. He showed us all over the lines,stables, etc., and ended by taking us to the coffee room, of which he wassecretary, and where he worked for the good of the men along with theChaplain It was crammed with soldiers amusing themselves in ai,n 5- r. 5i ^■ >
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»««»>»> r SECOND VISIT TO INDIA 193 innocent way ; five hundred belonged to it. There is a large garrisonat Lucknow, some 5,000 or 6,000 men, of whom half are British.S. dined with us in the evening; we felt a great interest in him, and hopehe will soon get a commission—he is looking for it and well deserves it.The soldiers in India are much better off than at home, and like itbetter ; much is now done for them, and certainly those we saw lookedwell and hearty, and in fine condition. I except Delhi, where thebarracks are not healthy. Many of the soldiers are now total ab-stainers, but there is still a good deal of drunkenness, and its effectsare far worse in India than in England. The condition of the soldiersis, however, much better than it was in former years. We left Lucknow on Thursday morning early, for Cawnpore, mean-ing to spend the day there, and see the scenes of the terrible massacrewhich has painfully immortalized the well of Cawnpore, but on reach-ing the latt

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