NARRATIVE OF THE NINES - 1899 . there water was brought and givento the men, for there was little water in the plain and ourmen were much parched with thirst. The herald signalling the host to battle again ourmen drew themselves up in a hollow square and preparedto join battle with the enemy. In the very beginning ofthe contest, the barbarians having driven us back towardour goal, one of their men attempted to carry the pigskinthrough our line when Bunch Stokes, the Greater Ajaxof the host, stood athwart his path like a shaggy his arms around the enemy Bunch threw himheadlong on
NARRATIVE OF THE NINES - 1899 . there water was brought and givento the men, for there was little water in the plain and ourmen were much parched with thirst. The herald signalling the host to battle again ourmen drew themselves up in a hollow square and preparedto join battle with the enemy. In the very beginning ofthe contest, the barbarians having driven us back towardour goal, one of their men attempted to carry the pigskinthrough our line when Bunch Stokes, the Greater Ajaxof the host, stood athwart his path like a shaggy his arms around the enemy Bunch threw himheadlong on the dusty plain. In the falling the pigskinwas knocked from his hand and Long John, who wasstanding near, a man a plethra as to height and half a footas to width, being the most handsome of the Stratagoi andunmarried, declared that the leathern sphere was movingin a parabolic curve and never would have come back hadnot Smith, S. C, the Lesser Ajax, a man no less valiantthan his greater brother, been present and recovered it. 32. o > en
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