‘This is arse-about, you know,’ I said. ‘You′ve got the athletic skills, and I'm the one going mountain climbing. […] .’

Traditional flails had a handle (haft), usually about 40 inches long, and a swipple (also called a swingle), about 24 inches long. The two pieces were hinged together with leather or eel skin.

At Salisbury Plain and Camberley in 1909/10 I learnt a number of camping expressions like... lats (latrines).

that vacillancy in human souls