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Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Sir John Hall: M.D., K. C. B., F. R. C. S Although many years have rolled by since Sir John Hall joined the great majority, his fellow-countrymen will, perhaps, find interest in a career which connects such landmarks in their history as Waterloo and the Crimean War. When, in 1895, Mr. F. H. Skrine, author of Fontenoy, and then a member of the Indian Civil Service, wrote the Biography of a well-known Hindu, I wondered whether it would ever fall to the lot of a Hindu to return the compliment by publishing the life-story of a distinguished Englishman. I was, therefore, disposed to comply with the request made by Mrs. Simpson, daughter of Sir John Hall, that ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...the Kafirs attacked a British force, and the eighth Kafir War began. Other fighting ensued. Dr. Hall embarked on board the Phoenix steamer in Table Bay on the 16th of December, to join Sir Harry Smith in Kafirland. He arrived at Port Elizabeth on the 20th, and at Graham's Town on the 24th of the month, but was detained there, owing to the outbreak of the Kafir War, until the 22nd of January, 1851, when he marchedwith the Albany Hottentot force, and reached Headquarters ...
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