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Letter from Lt Henry Clifford of the Rifle Brigade to his brother dated King William’s Town 7 June 1849. Another company has relieved his detachment at Fort Murray and he has two month’s leave to shoot lions. He won a mile race against a native ‘which entitles me to great respect among the Kaffirs.’ From a collection of letters to England from Captain Henry Clifford of the Rifle Brigade while serving in Cape Colony, 1848-1853.