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Rh medium height, looked over the heads of nine out of ten. The natives were all short, as were the foreign sailors. There were only five or six in the crowd who could be called fairly tall, and they were Scandinavians and Americans. The tallest man there, however, was an exception. He was an Englishman, though not a Londoner. &quot;Candidate for the Life Guards,&quot; I remarked to him. &quot;You’ve hit it, mate,&quot; was his reply; &quot;I’ve served my bit in that same, and the way things are I’ll be back at it before long.&quot;