... HOP-PICKING IN KENT EVERYBODY knows that hops form an important ingredient in the Briton's favourite beverage, and most people also know that the greater parts of the native grown hops are produced in certain districts of Surrey and Kent, of which Farnham ...

... the most nonchalant manner (but I was not supposed to be there), they took off their gloves and felt boots, those who wore them-those who had top-boots were well protected, but the white stockings looked fearfully cold, so did the bare red hands: My own ...

... with red wine it it, which tasted delicious to my parched mouth. Our boots and socks were taken off, and the porters perched them- selves on the roof of the hut, prepared the boots with dubbing, and kept them in the sun. But they soon had to bring them ...

... the Division are represented to be well conducted, the Volunteer battalion especially, under Colonel Du Plat Taylor, earning golden opinions by the clheer- fulness and jollity with which they support the hardships of the life, and the strict discipline and ...

... supplied from those taken by the Germans in the Franco-German war. Their uniform is a dark tunic of invisible green, long boots, two ammunition pouches, and a knapsack. Some time before the Czar's arrival the Grand Duke Nicholas presented the legion with ...