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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 121these colours claim yourmost devoted affection 1845.and allegiance."On the conclusion of Colonel Lindsay's addressthe band struck up," Should auld acquaintance be"forgot ?At the end of the year orders were receivedfrom England to hold the first battalion of the91st in readiness to return to England,relieved by the 45th Regiment,to bewhose arrivalthey were to await. This latter regiment, however,was detained in Monte Video, assisting theauthorities there to quell an insurrection, inconsequence of which the 91st were still at Grrahamstownwhen the Kaffir War of 1846-47 brokeout.The men of the regiment at this time, afterten years abroad, were according toall accountsa very fine body. Munro, who was then one ofthe surgeons, says in hisbook, " Service inManyLands," that their average height was five feet eightinches, and that they were well-set-up, powerfulfellows, with great powers of endurance, althoughthey had a great capacity for strong drink ahabit which had grown on them from, havingnothing elseto do when they were quartered atSt. Helena. They were quiteaware of the fact