I will relate it to you after dinner; but I may say that Bullen is not a half caste, as you might think, but of pure English blood." At this moment dinner was announced.

A temporary mess tent had been erected.

It was open at the sides, and composed of many-coloured cloths.

The party sat down under this.

There was no cloth, and the dinner was served on a miscellaneous variety of dishes, for the most part of tin.