Boyhood-Enlistment-Will of Peter the Great-Recruits'
Drill-What the Fusiliers were 30 years ago-The Young
Idea had to be taught how to Shoot-The Fusiliers depart
for the East-The Writer quickly follows them-Voyage out
-Call at Gibraltar and Malta-Landing in Turkey-Its
Scenery and People-Marching and Counter-marching-
The Unseen Enemy
66 Cholera Embark again for the
Crimea, escorted by the Fleets of England and France-
An Account of the Services of the Leader of the Crimean
Army, Lord Raglan-also of Sir G. Brown, Sir De Lacy
Evans, Sir Colin Campbell, Sir George Cathcart, and the Earl
of Cardigan-Population of the British Empire-Remarkable
Battles that have been fought on Sundays-Voyage up the
Black Sea-The Russian Fleet.
I first saw the light of day in the quiet little town of Halesworth, in Suffolk, on the 5th of April, 1834; my parents were good Christian people, my father a Baptist minister. I remained with them in Halesworth until I was about five years old, when I removed with them to Norwich. I was brought up very comfortably; my boyish days being spent at school, and, like many more, I was for ever getting out of one scrape into another; evil companions led me into a number of things which when I came to my senses I knew well to be wrong, and I was fast breaking the hearts of those who wished me well; but, thank God, I was spared to bind up some of the wounds that I then caused. I had my own way to a dangerous length, through having a fond mother, who did all that lay in her power to hide my mis-doings-which is a fault that most boys will in after life forgive, and with gratitude remember. Thus, year after year rolled on. As a youth I admired much the appearance of a soldier,