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Chapter one. The Beginning |
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criticisms concerning women going on tour |
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The Ukhrul trip had been short and over bridle-roads. This was to last three weeks, we should be lodged in jungle-camps, and much of the route was over native paths. It wasn't usual then for women to tour in the hills. There were protests; our plan was criticized. |
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" You'll never stand the marching," said a captain, with gloom. " You'll go sick on the Barak and be carried in, and then you'll know all about it." |
