Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India

, afterwards Archdeacon of Stafford and Canon of Lichfield, wa

tion and his interest in everything going on about him. By living with his eyes and ears open, and never suffering anything to escape his notice, he acquired a stock of practical knowledge which he turned to good account in his after-life. With the exc

contemporaries and the traditions of the school. The following is an

, created such marvel among his contemporaries. He has carried his hare and hounds into his country's service, and as commandant of the gallant corps of

eared in a periodical dur

country, there and back, to the school gates by the road, is

e easy stride, (for he never had any very great pace, though he could last forever,) and getting back coolly and comfortably to "Bons" when the rear hounds were toiling a mile behind. There never was such a boy to run over, after second lesson, to Dunchurch to se

ity. As head of a house, during the later portion of his Rugby

wise one. Though he immediately re?stablished the shattered prestige of pr?positorial power, he contrived to make himself very popular with various classes of boys. The younger ones found in him an efficient protector against bullying. Those of a more literary turn found in him an agreeable and intelligent companion, and we

nd coolness which the Times compared 'to the spirit of a Paladin of old.' I cannot say how much

te for, both classical and general literature, but a constitutional tendency to headache very much stood in the way of any close application to books; and, after he had taken his degree in 1844, was one strong reason for his deciding on an active rather than a studious life. The Indian army seemed to offer the best opening, but while waiting for a cadetship, in order

y to his character: "I think he will be an acquisition to any service. His education, his ability, his zeal to mak