Detachments in South Australia—Corporal W. 478 Forrest—Augmentation to the corps—Destruction of the Bogue and other forts—Services of the detachment at Canton—First detachment to New Zealand—Survey of Dover and Winchelsea—Also of Pembroke—Flattering allusion to the corps—Sir John Richardson’s expedition to the Arctic regions—Cedar Lake—Private Geddes’s encounter with the bear—Winter quarters at Cumberland House—Road-making in Zetland—Active services at the Cape—Company to Portsmouth LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOL. I. PLATE PAGE I. Uniform 1786 _To face Title._ II. Working-dress 1786 49 III. Uniform 1787 69 IV. Working-dress 1787 69 V. Uniform 1792 79 VI. Working-dress 1794 80 VII. Working-dress 1795 100 VIII. Uniform 1797 115 IX. Uniform 1802 140 X. Working-dress 1813 198 XI. Uniform 1813 198 XII. Uniform 1823 258 XIII. Uniform and working-dress 1825 262 XIV. Uniform 1832 287 XV. Uniform 1843 429 VOL. II. XVI. Uniform 1854 } XVII. Working-dress 1854 } _To face Title._ HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS. --------------------- 1772—1779. Origin of Corps—Its establishment and pay—Engineers to command it—Its designation—Working pay—Recruiting—Dismissal of civil artificers—Names of officers—Non-commissioned officers—First augmentation—Consequent promotions—Names of other officers joined—King’s Bastion—Second augmentation.