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known as Sai. We believe it is a fast that the coolies employed in the Pahang Expedition need opium without bad effects. Hard drinkers suffered most in Tonkin, for ouse the fever got hold of them the result was generally fatal.

Mr. Manington's narrative impresses one favourably with the soldier of the Legion Rough men there may be among them, but sharing sommon hardships, these men display much unselfishness and trus comradeship, while Franse never had more devoted soldiers, not aren among her own bravo sons..

The author was prompted to the rank of sergeant, and reclved a staff appointment, with a prospect of goin to St. Maixent to study for commission; but at the end of his fire yeste never having naturalised as a French subject, ke having retired into civil life, and in das course, been correspondent for "The Times" at Hai. phong, he went to Hongkong and becam identified with the journalistic life of the place, and died there in 1934

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This exhortation did not sorre

It is well worth reading not only by military men, bas by all who are to learn. 632 staing of other than British Colonies.—Straits Timoi,

IDEOGRAPHS.

Ssore bleu! The Logion why you don't press. The book is published by Mr. John know what it is. Well, I will tell you-hard Murray, st the price of 1016, and, in addition work, hard knocks, hard discipline, and no to a map of Tonkin (published by permision thanks. And how does it end? Your throat out of General Pray), it contains several illustra by some thiering Arab if you have luck; if not, tions by A. Cezard, a French artist and war wounded, and then his women make

correspondent Bausage ment of you. In Tenguin the same sort of thing only wores, with fever and sunstroke Into the

You look like bargain. don't mean that there are not others over -gen

ntleman You are one, I'm sure. Mind you, here--there are many--poor fellows! Your

Sapristi family, too!--think of them. and sil for some trifling betise, sans doute, A The Seoul Press bas su interesting artiole on petticoat, I'll swear-don't deny it-I have been the question of the coatingos of the ass of also a faithless sweetheart-Pishi! Chinono ideographs in Japan and Kobs. Whe young There are n thousand others who would be

no one is so rash as to advocate the immediate delighted to console you, No! A good dinner, abolition of these characters, there is, seporting the Moulin Rouge, and to-morrow you will be to our contemporary, a growing consensus of cured!"

educated opinion in favour of their ultimatə to cool elimination from the Japanese language. We Manington's military srtions, and, a few days see somewhat surprised to note this expression Istor, be landed at Oran, in Algeria, and began of opinion, as we hat understood the teadenoy bis period of recruit training in the 1st was rather the other way. Certainly there Regiment Etranger at Sidi-bal-Abbas. There

seems to be little vitality in the Romaji Kwai is so interesting description in the book be if indeed if is still in existence. Profossor wrote of the accommodation provided for the hemberisia, in his article on "Writing" in Legionaries, and

a good idea is given of the Tings Japanese says that it may be well to cosmopolitan nature of the earpa.

dispel an illusion under which many inte Manington had been only a few days in Sidi persons labour, namely, that the bal Abber when he made the acquaintance of a nation is on the eve of drapping its own written Bootsman named Knox, who, having failed to system and taking up with ours instead." to get into Sandhurst, bad enlisted in an Thers is no longer the slightest chance, cou infantry regiment and served in India and tienes Professor Chamberlain, of so sweeping Burma. Having bought out" and returned a change. Besides the weight of castom, the to Edinburgh, he tired of the life, and sought most obriene of the causes that have concurred fresh adventures by joining the Legion. Tusse to bring about the ill-sucesss of the Romaji two, Daly, an American artist, whom bad luck Kai is the superiority of the existing written. at Monte Carlo had driven to enlist, were language to the collegaial as a terse and previse evidently replicas of Kipling's "Soldiers instrument of thought, apported

so long as Macington remained in Chiness character, Japaniona writers can roodar

by Thres Algiers.

every shads of meaning represented in the Soldiermon will rand with intstest the follow-

columns of a European newspaper or the pages ing description of the system of training of a technical European work, whether fian the French infantrymen to perform loogial, diplomatic, administrative, commercial, marohes:

the

soientific." Which is the simpler, conclades legal, eritiual, theological, philosophies of Professor Chamberlais-three handred and sixty-ive.or 365 ↑ Numerals are in ideographs,

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It would thus seem that the $tusi Press baa not the anthority of Professor Chamberlain for its views as to the elimination of the ideograph. Mr. Chamberlain even denies, what is assorted by our contemporary, that the use of Chinese characters entails any more strain upon youthfa! intellects thin learning to spell, However, it is interesting to have the opinion upon this matter of the Seoul Press, which is edited by a Japsass of oo small attainments in the Eng fish language. Our contemporary says that as for proper substitutes for Chinese characters, opinion is divided between the national Kana and Roman letter, bat that the latter seems to attract increasing favour. The first thing, be done is the gradual reduction of the number of ideographs in common use. In this connection in Interesting fact is mentioned. Recently a number of officials, under the diren tion of the Chief Secretary of the House of Be reports of the debates and business proceedings presentatives, went through the published of that House, carefully making a list of the Chineas characters used. The list when plated contained a little over twenty-six hundred sharacters. This may be taken as en

juder the characters in general use, as the journals of

to

#The reoraits start on their first moreb with rifle and side arma only, and sover a distance of about 20 kilomètres-that is about 12) miles.

"This distance is gradually inoreased, as is also the weight carried, netil a man loaded with. all his kit, rifle and bayonet, reserve food for two days, a blauket, an entrenching tool and 200 rounds of ammunition, which represent a total weight of 50 pounds, can perform amirah of 45 kilometres--that is, about 28 miles-in ton bours with ease. This spaos of time includes a rest of ten minates in each hour whilst marching, and a halt of an hour for a meal. Deducting the time lost during the balts, the average spend is about 3 miles an hour. In many cases during forsed marelies much better work is done, bat the recalls given above are what the Fresca Infantry man who has been nine moathe with the coloure can do with ease; and he maintains this standard during the remainder of his service, thanks to the continul training he undergoes. The men of each battalion of the Legion are proud of the capabilities of their unit in this respect, and when called upon by their offers will make every effort to break records of forced marches made by other corps,

On the return to barracks after the match, the non-commissioned officers of each company aspect the mon's fest, and instruct their subordinates in the proper manner of treating or chafes. I have myself 8087 AX

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biar been most signal service. As this insident i practical subjects, economic, financial, indus. described in detail in a later chapter, I may to put the characters is common circalation st triil, and educational. It will, therefore, be safe simply mention that in January, 1892, a small relief column, of which I was a nuit, performed this is the number given by Professor Chsm- between two and three thousand." Curiously, a forced marsh of 52 kilometr 8-or 32 miles-

high ho in speaking of the culti

face an adult fa lesraing Japanese, speake This extraordinary performanca took place of the uncesaily of committing to memory two over jungle paths in the forests of Tonkin. syllabarise, one of which Les many variant He mentions a a point worth noting forms, and at least two or three thousand that the majority of

French soldiers Chinese ideographs in forme standard and wear no socks when route-marching. Some of the men wrap their feet in a triangular crave. But whatever the difficulties of the piece of linen, called a chansatte russe bat in

prosent system, we are inclined to believe the most cases nothing at all is worn inside the day is far distant when the Japanese will

abandon the ideograph-even in boot. He found this last system the best Esperanto-Japan Chronics.

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