They had very much better have sent a few thousand men down here, to act on the defensive and repel any attempted invasion, until the rains are over; when they could have been shipped again, and join the expedition against Rangoon.

It seems to me a mad-headed thing, to begin at the present time of the year.

We have put up with the insults of the Burmese for so long that we might just as well have waited for the favourable season, before we began our operations in earnest." Accordingly, on the following day Stanley started south for Ramoo and, on arriving there, took charge of the trading operations.
Shortly after, meeting Captain Noton--who commanded there--in the street, he recognized him as an officer who had been stationed at the same cantonment as his father; and whom he had, four years previously, known well.
"You don't recognize me, Captain Noton," he said.

"I am the son of Captain Brooke, of the 33rd." "I certainly did not recognize you," the officer said, "but I am glad to meet you again.

Let me think; yes, your name is Stanley, and a regular young pickle you used to be.