The superstitions of ignorant British seamen, notably the Horse Marines, whose credulity has no parallel, is extra-ordinary. Mascots are carried on all ships. For instance, no ship's carpenter will ever go to sea without a walrus.
SELECT CONVERSATIONS.
(At about three o'clock in the morning.)
At the War Office.
Myself. I want to see Lord Kitchener, please.
Policeman. Quite impossible, Sir.
Myself (coldly handing card). I don't think you realise who I am.