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