Already several deputations have come in from the tribesmen, some of them bringing in the fines imposed upon them; and all seem to say that there is a general desire among the Afridis for peace, and that deputations from other tribes will shortly follow them." "I am glad to hear it, sir," Lisle said.

"I think I have had quite enough of hill fighting." "I think we are all of the same opinion, Bullen.

It is no joke fighting an enemy hidden behind rocks, armed with Lee-Metford rifles, and trained to shoot as well as a British marksman.
"The marching was even worse than the fighting.

Passing a night on the snow, any number of thousand feet above the sea, is worse than either of them.

No, I would rather go through a campaign against the Russians, than have anything more to do with the Tirah; though I must admit that, if we were to begin at once, we should not have snow to contend with.
"I have been through several campaigns, but the last was infinitely the hardest, and I have not the least desire to repeat it.