(1) SYMPATHY — A scene in camp after the ii«ht at Jasfontein— two wounded horses comparing notes. (2) CORPORAL HOGG COMMANDEERING 2,000 REBEL SHEEP— The corporal arrested both sheep and shepherd at Samah Dam.' The ant-hills that cover this part of the country are seen to the right of the negio fehepherd. (3) TNCTJtTATNTY — FRIEND OR FOE — Two of the Imperial Scouts were out on a kopje several miles from camp-, watching for Boers, when a horseman approached them, and as his hat was like that worn by the enemy, they were on the point of shooting him, when another horseman joined the first, and they fortunately recognised in the newcomer a New Zealander. Trooper McKegg was the individual who while patro'ling was nearly mistaken for a Boer ; but as ouv men have pulled the rims of their hats down all round (Boer fashion) as a protection against sunstroke, they are liable to be mistaken for the enemy by other corps. (3) NEW ZEALANDERS PATROLLING — The men are in the act of era-sing one of the numerous small kopjes near the camp at Arundel. Snakes abound among the rocks.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2397, 8 February 1900, Page 33
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188(1) SYMPATHY—A scene in camp after the ii«ht at Jasfontein—two wounded horses comparing notes. (2) CORPORAL HOGG COMMANDEERING 2,000 REBEL SHEEP—The corporal arrested both sheep and shepherd at Samah Dam.' The ant-hills that cover this part of the country are seen to the right of the negio fehepherd. (3) TNCTJtTATNTY—FRIEND OR FOE—Two of the Imperial Scouts were out on a kopje several miles from camp-, watching for Boers, when a horseman approached them, and as his hat was like that worn by the enemy, they were on the point of shooting him, when another horseman joined the first, and they fortunately recognised in the newcomer a New Zealander. Trooper McKegg was the individual who while patro'ling was nearly mistaken for a Boer ; but as ouv men have pulled the rims of their hats down all round (Boer fashion) as a protection against sunstroke, they are liable to be mistaken for the enemy by other corps. (3) NEW ZEALANDERS PATROLLING—The men are in the act of era-sing one of the numerous small kopjes near the camp at Arundel. Snakes abound among the rocks. Otago Witness, Issue 2397, 8 February 1900, Page 33
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