stores-sledge

Updated: May 5, 2025

There was but one fire in the bivouac, for there was no fuel at hand, and we had to depend upon a small stock of peats that came with us in the stores-sledge. Deer came to the hill and belled mournfully, while we ate a frugal meal of oat-bannock and wort.

Neil Munro - John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn