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... clean, single cuts, severing stout limbs had a sound that made me think of lines from Kipling's
"The Drums Of The Fore And Aft:
"The Goorkhas' stall at the bazar was the noisiest, for the men were engaged - to a nasty noise as of beef being cut on the block- with the kukri, which they preferred to the bayonet; well knowing how the Afghan hates the half-moon blade."
The link is to a download of "Soldiers Three Pt.II" , all short stories by Kipling and very good reading.
Regards,
Greg
"The Drums Of The Fore And Aft:
"The Goorkhas' stall at the bazar was the noisiest, for the men were engaged - to a nasty noise as of beef being cut on the block- with the kukri, which they preferred to the bayonet; well knowing how the Afghan hates the half-moon blade."
The link is to a download of "Soldiers Three Pt.II" , all short stories by Kipling and very good reading.
Regards,
Greg
