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Troops in China, in which he makes some observations on the difficulty of finding any other place than the Parade Ground in the Centre of the City for firing the practice Rounds of artillery.
There is no doubt it is not easy to find a place entirely suitable, especially if it be admitted that the expense of going to Kowloon at the opposite side of the harbour is a valid reason for not going there.
At the same time I hope the distance alluded to by Colonel Norman of little more than a mile in the direction of the Happy Valley is not equally conclusive against that place as the hire of Coolies to assist in drawing the guns could not amount to much.
I wish, however, to notice an error into which Colonel Norman has fallen in representing the Happy Valley as so close to the Road that it labors under the same disadvantage as the Parade Ground. In the first place, and independent of any question as to road, the Parade Ground is in the middle of the City near the principal places of business and is therefore an inconvenient and very unsuitable place for expenditure of mere practice ammunition.
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