We certainly often went to bed supperless, but on the whole we did not fare badly.

At least we were generally dry and, though the cold was severe, it was not unbearable.

At any rate, it was better than marching through these forests, in single file, with the mud often up to one's knees.
Above all, the air was fresh and dry, and we had not this close atmosphere and this wet to struggle against.
"These fellows fight as well as the Afridis do, but are nothing like such good shots.

If they had been, we should have been annihilated.

I would rather go half a dozen times, through the Tirah, than once through this country.
"I think it is the darkness in the woods that is most trying.