In the old days, it was chief against chief.

Now it is religion against religion; and now, as then, there are numbers of young fellows glad to exchange the troubles at home for service abroad.

There have been quite a crowd of men round our quarters, for, directly the news spread that the company was landing, our countrymen flocked round, each eager to learn how many vacancies there were in the ranks, and whether we would receive recruits.

Their joy was extreme when it became known that Jamieson had authority to raise a whole regiment.

I doubt not that many of the poor fellows are in great straits." "That I can tell you they are," Sir Marmaduke broke in.