They have a strong liking for rats, and the only food they object to is monkeys.

A company of Nagas, about May, 1917, after the advance at Arras in April, were sent up to somewhere near Boisleux to bury dead horses.

The dead horses were disposed of--but not by burial.

And in addition an Infantry Brigade in the neighbourhood had soon to mourn the loss of all their dogs." The Chinese were a constant source of amusement and interest to the British.

All that neatness and delicacy of finger which is shown in Chinese art and hand-work, the infinite pains, the careful finish which the Chinaman inherits from his age-long, patient past, were to be seen even in the digging of trenches.