THE FIVE NATIONS VOL. I

THE FIVE NATIONS

BY RUDYARD KIPLING

IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I

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DEDICATION

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THE FEET OF THE YOUNG MEN44

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IV

THE BURIAL74

C. J. Rhodes, buried in the Matoppos, April 10, 1902

GENERAL JOUBERT77

(DIED MARCH 27, 1900)

BUDDHA AT KAMAKURA90

‘And there is a Japanese idol at Kamakura.’

PHARAOH AND THE SERGEANT98

‘... Consider that the meritorious services of the Sergeant Instructors attached to the Egyptian Army have been inadequately acknowledged.... To the excellence of their work is mainly due the great improvement that has taken place in the soldiers of H.H. the Khedive.’ Extract from letter.

OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS104

(CANADIAN PREFERENTIAL TARIFF, 1897)

KITCHENER’S SCHOOL113

Being a translation of the song that was made by a Mohammedan schoolmaster of Bengal Infantry (some time on service at Suakim) when he heard that the Sirdar was taking money from the English to build a Madrissa for Hubshees—or a college for the Sudanese, 1898.

THE YOUNG QUEEN118

(THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, INAUGURATED NEW YEAR’S DAY 1901)