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. 9 1ST ARGYLLSHIKE HIGHLANDERS. 293Mauritius detachment was composed of F, G, and 1879.H companies, under command of Major Grurney,and the companyselected for St. Helena was thatof Captain Mills.The head-quarters and remaining companies, onarrival at Durban, were embarked on the 30th onthe s.s.City of Venice, and were composed ofsixteen officers and 588 non-commissioned officersand men. The transport sailed the next day, andanchored in Table Bay, after a rough passage, onSunday, the 5th of October. The following daythe regiment was disembarked, and went into themain barracks at Cape Town, with the exceptionof the B and D companies, who were sent on toWynberg to be encamped, there being no roomfor^hem in Cape Town, as part pf the barrackswas occupied by a detachment of the 88thEegiment.In November, 1879, Lieutenant-Colonel Brucewas appointed a " Companion of the Bath."The detachment of three companies who weredetailed for Mauritius, embarked at Durban onboard H.M.S. Crocodile, on the 8th of October,and arrived at Port Louis on the 15th. Thetransport also had on board the 88th Eegiment,and 17th Lancers for India. The names of the