l. 9. _Talavera._ The 48th are known as ‘The Talavera Boys,’ having distinguished themselves at the battle of Talavera, in the Peninsular War (July 27 and 28, 1809). CCXII _Departmental Ditties_ (Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1886. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1899). By permission of the author and Messrs. George Newnes, Limited. ‘The Galley-Slave’ is understood to be a mystical name for the Indian Civil Servant. VII.--SOUTH AFRICA CCXIII _Ephemerides_ (London: 1828). CCXIV By permission of the author and the editor of _Literature_, in which publication (December 9, 1899) the poem first appeared. CCXV Published in G. W. Steevens’ posthumous volume, _Things Seen: with Memoir by W. E. Henley_ (Blackwood, 1900). By permission of the author. The quatrain is inscribed ‘G. W. S., December 10, 1869--January 15, 1900.’ The lines were written of G. W. Steevens, journalist and war correspondent, who died at Ladysmith during the siege. CCXVI _England Revisited_ (Cape Town: J. C. Juta & Co., 1900). By permission of the author. CCXVII _Cape Argus_ (May 6, 1901). By permission of the author and the editor of the _Cape Argus_. CCXVIII _Natal: The Land and its Story_ (Pietermaritzburg: Davis & Sons, Fifth Edition, 1897). By permission of the author. l. 1. _Congella._ Hostilities having begun in Natal (1842), Captain Smith led the English forces out of Durban for a night attack on Pretorius’ position at Congella. It was a moonlight night, and the advance was observed. Our men were shot down as they marched along the shore without cover. The survivors retreated to Durban, and the Boers immediately invested the town. A despatch-rider having made his way through the Boer lines, reinforcements were sent by sea, and the siege was raised (June 25, 1842). Natal was annexed the following year, and the Boer was thus headed off from the sea. VIII.--AUSTRALIA CCXIX From _Dampier’s Dream: an Australian Foreshadowing_ (Melbourne: George Robertson & Co., 1892). By permission of the author’s representatives. William Dampier (1652-1715), pirate, circumnavigator, and captain in the navy, made several voyages to the South Seas. CCXX _Poems_ (Melbourne: A. H. Massina & Co., 1884). By permission of the publishers. CCXXI From _Australia Federata_ (_The Times_, January 1, 1901). This poem appeared the same day in the leading journals of all the States of the Commonwealth of Australia. By permission of Sir Horace Tozer, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for Queensland. CCXXII First published in a Tasmanian newspaper. By permission of the author. CCXXIII _In the Days when the World was Wide_ (Sydney: Angus & Robertson. London: The Australian Book Co., 1895). By permission of Messrs. Angus & Robertson. _Jackeroo_ (l. 24). CCXXIV _Literature_ (November 11, 1899). By permission of the author and the editor of _Literature_. CCXXV _Maoriland and other Verses_ (Sydney: The Bulletin Newspaper Co., 1899). By permission of the publishers.