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Arithmetic on the Frontier

Rudyard Kipling
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“A scrimmage in a Border Station—
A canter down some dark defile—
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail—
The Crammer's boast, the Squadron's pride,
Shot like a rabbit in a ride!”

Rudyard Kipling Arithmetic on the Frontier

Arithmetic on the Frontier, Stanza 3.
Departmental Ditties and other Verses (1886)

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