Transcriber's note:

Obvious printer's errors have been corrected. All other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been preserved.

The missing word "in" has been added in the sentence:

However, I detached the Dorsets to move along the canal bank from Weatherby, who had cantered off to get in touch with them,...

Accessibility: Expansions of abbreviations have been provided using the <abbr> tag, and changes in language are marked. Speech rendering will be improved if voices for the following languages are available: fr, de, nl.