medium height, looked over the heads of nine out
of ten. The natives were all short, as were the
foreign sailors. There were only five or six in the
crowd who could be called fairly tall, and they were
Scandinavians and Americans. The tallest man

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there, however, was an exception. He was an
Englishman, though not a Londoner. "Candidate
for the Life Guards," I remarked to him. " You ve
hit it, mate," was his reply; " I ve served my bit
in that same, and the way things are I ll be back
at it before long."

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