Up against it in Nigeria . ever, I shall neverregret, were a contributory cause of this. There were some real sterling fellows there,including Willan the , Sutherland the ,Whitaker1 the , and Crocombe2 the Dis-trict Agent of the Niger Company. At the housesof one or other of these, or at mine, we used toforgather of a night after tennis, and forgetthe drudgeries of the day. And drudgery it wasfor some; for Weir, who was reputed to puthis clock on whenever possible, had his men atwork on the bridge before it was light. Dearold Crocombes yarns, told and retold till theybecame not che
Up against it in Nigeria . ever, I shall neverregret, were a contributory cause of this. There were some real sterling fellows there,including Willan the , Sutherland the ,Whitaker1 the , and Crocombe2 the Dis-trict Agent of the Niger Company. At the housesof one or other of these, or at mine, we used toforgather of a night after tennis, and forgetthe drudgeries of the day. And drudgery it wasfor some; for Weir, who was reputed to puthis clock on whenever possible, had his men atwork on the bridge before it was light. Dearold Crocombes yarns, told and retold till theybecame not chestnuts but marrons glacis asthe General would have said, were an unfailingsource of amusement. One of them in particularwas worn threadbare with us, but may be newto some. A white man had been badly bushed,and was almost in despair. The country wasinfested with man-eating pagans, and he felthis life was not worth a moments he descried a light in the distance, 1 Died in German East Africa. 2 Died May
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