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+ | Change is his mistress, chance his counsellor; | ||
+ | Love cannot hold him; duty forge no chains;\\ | ||
+ | The wide seas and mountains call him,\\ | ||
+ | And the grey dawns know his camp fires in the rain. | ||
+ | -- Anon. | ||
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+ | By "One Who Tried" | ||
+ | We were peacefully eating a late Sunday breakfast at the Sports Carnival, when we heard the loud voice of an Official ask, "Any starters for 'Find the Spot'"? | ||
- | Change is his mistress, chance hiscounsellor; | ||
- | And the grey dawns know his camp fires in the rain. | ||
- | -- Anon. | ||
- | - 3 - | ||
- | "FIND THE SPOT". | ||
- | We were peacefully eating a late Sunday breakfast at the Sports Carnival, when we heard the loud voice of an Official ask, "Any starters for 'Find the Spot'"? | ||
- | _once, its great fun, and it doesn' | ||
That sounds easy, I said to myself, and, carefully placing my porridge near the fire, to keep warm, I set off with my friend to receive my little list. | That sounds easy, I said to myself, and, carefully placing my porridge near the fire, to keep warm, I set off with my friend to receive my little list. | ||
- | At first it looked to me like a Chinese Laundry account, but when I had orientated it, I saw that the first line said "450 ;" - Walk 450 yards P7est - Good - but, where was est? I wracked my brains, where did that sun set the previous evening? Then I remembered that I had come into camp at dusk and had not seen it set at all. The folly of lying abed late was now made apparent. I hadn't seen the sun during the early morning either, and it had long since retired behind heavy clouds, and was of no assistance whatever. | + | |
+ | At first it looked to me like a Chinese Laundry account, but when I had orientated it, I saw that the first line said "450W" - Walk 450 yards West - Good - but, where was west? I wracked my brains, where did that sun set the previous evening? Then I remembered that I had come into camp at dusk and had not seen it set at all. The folly of lying abed late was now made apparent. I hadn't seen the sun during the early morning either, and it had long since retired behind heavy clouds, and was of no assistance whatever. | ||
I set off in what I hoped was a Westerly direction and began to pace out 450 yards. I counted and muttered my way along, hoping that instinct would automatically stop me when I had covered the required distance. I was concentrating hard when, suddenly I tripped over a stone hidden in the long grass. Dash! I had lost count of my steps and what's more had rolled over and come up facing the wrong directibn! | I set off in what I hoped was a Westerly direction and began to pace out 450 yards. I counted and muttered my way along, hoping that instinct would automatically stop me when I had covered the required distance. I was concentrating hard when, suddenly I tripped over a stone hidden in the long grass. Dash! I had lost count of my steps and what's more had rolled over and come up facing the wrong directibn! | ||
Tenderly nursing a bruised shin, I decided to try the next direction on the list. It was "150 N.E.", | Tenderly nursing a bruised shin, I decided to try the next direction on the list. It was "150 N.E.", |
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