A SAHIB'S WAR.
The Christmas Windsor Magazine has a Boer War story by Budyard KipliDg, entitled "A Sahib's War,"" which includes the following on Australian contingents :—": — " Ustrelyahs, whom we met later, also spoke through their noses a little, but they were tall, dark men, with grey, clear eyes, heavily eyelashed, like camels' eyes — very proper men ■ a new brand of sahib to me. They said on all occasions, ' No fee-ah, 1 which in our tongue means ' Durro Mut' (do not be afraid), bo we called them • Durro ' Muts.' Dark, tall men, most excellent horsemen, hot and angry, waging war as war, and drinking tea as a sandhill drinks water . . . 'The Durro Muts ' cannot walk on their feet at all. They are like hens on the high road. Therefore they must have horses. Very proper men, with a just lust for the war."
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7366, 18 January 1902, Page 2
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142A SAHIB'S WAR. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7366, 18 January 1902, Page 2
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