The old non-com., incensed by the new chum's tactless interference with his mules, his language and his religion, and knowing full well the course I should pursue in counteracting a case of snake bite, had taken advantage of the camp being asleep to jam into his victim's arm the thorns I had seen him go to the tree to get, and then on the alarm being given had declared he had seen a snake, so in this crafty way had gained his revenge. The new chum proved no good up-country, and in a few months was sent back to England, where it is to be hoped he has found a better sphere for his talents than in trying to convert members of the Lost Legion. And now this skein is ended it is the profound hope of an old Lost Legionary that the perusal of them has not bored you, and he only wishes he had been in better form to do justice to the kind support he has received from the Press and public. _Salue!_ THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH * * * * * EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS OF A LOST LEGIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA _Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net. Fully Illustrated_ _The Nation_, _17th August 1912_.--"The book is full of adventure and anecdote, and Colonel Brown's simple unaffected style is well suited to the story he tells." _Illustrated London News_, _31st August 1912_.--"From cover to cover the book is packed full of lively incidents, told in a quick, easy and vivid style, which holds the reader from the first page to the last.... It should find many readers all the Empire over." _Evening Standard_, _12th July 1912_.--"A more natural writer never published a book. For strong epithet allied to pungent diction he has not his superior outside Rabelais." _Yorkshire Weekly Post_, _17th August_ (or _10th August_) _1912_.--"The new book is as good reading as the one before, which is saying a great deal for it." _Glasgow Herald_, _11th July 1912_.--"The book is to be commended for its real interest and exciting narrative, combined with humour and plain-speaking." _Dublin Times_, _9th August 1912_.--"To those who wish to know something of the life of a soldier and the kind of fighting that was done in those early days for the aggrandisement of the Empire, we can give no better advice than to procure this book. It is full of candid criticism and genuine information." _The Graphic_, _27th July 1912_.--"'A Lost Legionary in South Africa,' by Colonel G. Hamilton-Browne, known as Maori Browne, contains some excellent stories." _Review of Reviews_, _July 1912_.--"A book with the right ring; mainly concerned with fighting. The author preaches with rough and ready eloquence an impromptu sermon which will amuse, arrest and convince." _Belfast News Letter_, _29th August 1912_.--"The book is written in the same attractive style as its predecessor, and there are many striking passages in it." BOOKS OF TRAVEL _Demy 8vo. Cloth bindings. All fully illustrated_