PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE NEGLECTED SOLDIER
PART I
CHAPTER I THE MAORI AS I KNEW HIM
CHAPTER II HOW MATENE FAILED TO CONVERT THE LOWER WANGANUI
CHAPTER III HOW A SCOUT WON THE NEW ZEALAND CROSS
CHAPTER IV A HAU HAU MARTYR
CHAPTER V A BRUSH WITH BUSHRANGERS
CHAPTER VI THE SCOUT THAT FAILED
CHAPTER VII SOME MIRACULOUS ESCAPES I HAVE KNOWN
CHAPTER VIII A TOUGH SWIM IN BAD COMPANY
CHAPTER IX HELD UP BY A BUSHRANGER
CHAPTER X ON THE SCOUT IN NEW ZEALAND
CHAPTER XI THE COLONEL'S FIERY TOT
CHAPTER XII LOST IN THE NEW ZEALAND BUSH
CHAPTER XIII A TROOPER'S REGARD FOR HIS TRUST AND HORSE
CHAPTER XIV A GRUESOME FLUTE
CHAPTER XV THE DOCTOR AND THE SENTRY
CHAPTER XVI HOW KIWI SAVED HIS CLOTHES
CHAPTER XVII A SOUTH SEA BUBBLE
PART II
CHAPTER I THE DEBUT OF THE LOST LEGION IN NATAL
CHAPTER II A QUEER CARD
CHAPTER III A CONVERSION THAT FAILED
CHAPTER IV JACK ASHORE IN 1871
CHAPTER V THE CONVERSION OF MIKE O'LEARY
CHAPTER VI BUSHED
CHAPTER VII THE NON-COM.'S REVENGE, OR THE CURATE AND THE SNAKE
CAMP FIRE YARNS OF THE LOST LEGION
Author of “With the Lost Legion in New Zealand” “A Lost Legionary in South Africa”
LONDON T. WERNER LAURIE LTD. CLIFFORD’S INN
THIS SKEIN OF YARNS IS DEDICATED TO MY OLD FRIEND AND COMRADE IN ARMS DURING 1877-78-79 THOMAS F. KYNNERSLEY of Leighton, Co. Salop D.L., J.P. and Late Capt. and Staff Officer in Lonsdale’s Horse WHOSE FONDNESS FOR A GOOD STORY IS AS KEEN NOW AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF YORE WHEN IN BIVOUAC OR CAMP WE USED TO SPIN THEM
