[Illustration: OUR ENCAMPMENT IN NISHAT BAGH.] WITH THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS IN QUARTERS, CAMP, AND ON LEAVE. [Illustration] BY GENERAL E. H. MAXWELL, C.B., AUTHOR OF “GRIFFIN AHOY!” LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1883. _All Rights reserved._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS. My first Experiences in the Regiment--Toby White--The Castle Guard--Changes in Ireland--Donnybrook Fair--Half-a-crown’s worth of Fighting--Ordered to Malta--Affairs in Syria--Irishmen and Scotchmen--Transports--A Cruel Joke--Amusements at Malta--Cruise to Candia and Greece--An old Colonel’s opinion of Rome and its Ruins--Dépôt at Paisley--Firing a Salute at Dumbarton Castle--March from Stirling to Aberdeen--Illustrious Tom and the Blotting-books--Reminiscences 3 CHAPTER II. IN THE WEST INDIES. Tralee--A Venturesome Feat--Old Pate--An Irish Cornet--Paddy Oysters--Ordered to Barbadoes--Grenada--Captain Astley’s Creole--St. George’s--Land-crab Catching--Turtle-turning--A Jigger Toe--Recollections of Trinidad--Halifax, Nova Scotia--Burning of the Barracks--Lobster-spearing--Present of a Bear--Smuggling Bruin on Board--Our Pet in the Zoo 23 CHAPTER III. ENGLAND AND THE CONTINENT. Return to England--Paris--English and French Officers--Un véritable Rosbif--Plum Poudin--Touching Courtesy--Isle of Wight--Parkhurst Barracks--Election at Cowes--A Tipsy Driver--Camp at Chobham--Visitors to the Camp--The Rev. Dr. Cumming--In the Manufacturing Districts--Ordered to the East--Generous Conduct of the Cunards--War Ditties--Scutari--A Wrestling Match--A Good Story--A Fairy Scene--The Sultan’s Wife 45 CHAPTER IV. IN TURKEY AND THE CRIMEA. Enchanting Scene--Loss of Baggage-horses--Sir George Brown’s Order--Identification of Lost Horses--Dealings with the Peasantry--Foraging--Cholera in Bulgaria--Disagreeable Mistake--Dr. Shegog--Devotion to his Work and Sudden Death--Death of an Officer--Embarkation at Varna--The Black Sea Fleet--Kind Soldiers--Our first Scare in the Crimea--Kindness of Lord Raglan--An Outlying Picquet--Story of a Connaught Ranger--Capture of Balaclava--A Serious Mistake 65