By Denis Bray
The tale is informed as an autobiography, from starting to be up in China to the occasional short profession of the Governor's seat. within the early days, 'administration' was once really a grand notice to explain the day-by-day grappling with novel difficulties by no means ahead of encountered.
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School was pretty rough until I settled in and made a few friends. I had been at boarding school in China so was spared the pangs of homesickness that affected some of the other new boys. I was soon introduced to the mysteries of rugby football — not that the rules were explained. I knew roughly what it was about but had no idea what I was expected to do. When the ball landed in my hands, I was so terrified that I gave it a colossal kick which fortunately went miles up the field and found touch right near the oppositions goal-line.
Quantities of the new material would arrive and then be made up into the smartest of outfits. Paddy-fields and dragon boats We would walk to school through paddy-fields which for most of the year were flooded for the rice. Small fish abounded in these fields though I never caught any. The cycle of the rice crops was familiar to everybody. First, a scattering of seeds in a small patch, then, when the seedlings were about six inches above the water, the planting out of the seedlings. Then nothing much until harvest — and there were two harvests a year.
I was soon introduced to the mysteries of rugby football — not that the rules were explained. I knew roughly what it was about but had no idea what I was expected to do. When the ball landed in my hands, I was so terrified that I gave it a colossal kick which fortunately went miles up the field and found touch right near the oppositions goal-line. Everybody cheered. I thought this was fun. ' I had no idea what a hooker was, but he taught me that it was my job to be in the middle of the front row of forwards in the set scrums and hook the ball back to our side.
