It was a company field training. The captain saw a young recruit trying to cook his breakfast with an amateurish fire. Going to him he showed him how to make a quick-cooking fire. “ Look at the time you’re wasting,” he said, “ V/hcn I was in the Himalayas 1 often had to hunt my breakfast. I used to go about two miles in the jungle, shoot my food, skin or pluck it, and return to camp in under half an hour.” Then he added: ‘‘Of course, you’ve heard of the Himalayas?” “ Yes, sir,” replied the young soldier, “ and I’ve heard of Ananias.’
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Evening Star, Issue 22145, 27 September 1935, Page 5
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101Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 22145, 27 September 1935, Page 5
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