. The life and times of General Sir James Browne, , , (Buster Browne) . First—good strongnautical language ; next—compliments on the excellentuse and advantage to which the stolen goods hadbeen put; eventually—a warm friendship ! Browne, too, was apparently the first person to usethe gangway. A question had arisen of the modeof landing the horses, chucking them into the sea,or how. Now Browne was exceptionally fond ofhorses, and they of him, and he was at this juncturethe happy owner of a very powerful and docileEnglish mare; so he quietly led her himself aheadof all over th


. The life and times of General Sir James Browne, , , (Buster Browne) . First—good strongnautical language ; next—compliments on the excellentuse and advantage to which the stolen goods hadbeen put; eventually—a warm friendship ! Browne, too, was apparently the first person to usethe gangway. A question had arisen of the modeof landing the horses, chucking them into the sea,or how. Now Browne was exceptionally fond ofhorses, and they of him, and he was at this juncturethe happy owner of a very powerful and docileEnglish mare; so he quietly led her himself aheadof all over the gangway, and the other steeds allfollowed her closely in a string without a force from England had not managed theirlanding in this manner, but had used boats andbarges. From Suez Browne was first engaged in repairingthe roads (to Geneffe and elsewhere), the local canals,and the railways lying to the north. In this taskthe preparations he had made in India and the planthe had brought with him stood him and the armyin good stead, especially as Captain Wallace arrived. SIR W. G. NICHOLSON. [To face p. 222. WORK AT ISMAILIA 223 shortly by the Canal from the Alexandria party,bringing a locomotive with him—so that Brownewas presently going along the old line to Ismailia,repairing the track as he proceeded. The cavalry ofthe contingent had been sent off before he started,and there had been much chaff as to the messagesthey would give in advance; and now, en revanche,the engines, whistling and blowing off steam, rushedpast the cavalry horses, fresh from board ship—witha result that need not be described. The contingent presently moved to and collectedat Ismailia and was kept there in the rear of thewhole force till the final advance, and then only, forthe first time, if one is to be guided by the officialrecord, was its existence as part of the force recog-nised. But it had been first denuded of its cavalry,which had been sent ahead to join the cavalrydivision o


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