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19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 8

10th February 2019 Tachybaptus 0

  May 20th, 1809. We are at sea again – on a merchant ship, Pride of Scunthorpe, under the command of Jonas Swigger, a jovial captain who was more than happy to take us bears [more…]

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A Bear’s Diary – Part 7

27th January 2019 Tachybaptus 0

May 6th, 1809 We are part of a regular army again, pressing on to confront the French. I must confess that my old bones are aching from the furious pace of our advance. Jem is [more…]

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19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 6

20th January 2019 Tachybaptus 0

March 2nd, 1809. We are back in Portugal at last. It has been a circuitous journey across ridges and valleys, avoiding the French troops on the lower ground, but we have managed it without any [more…]

19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 5

13th January 2019 Tachybaptus 0

January 19th, 1809. Our return to Lisbon will not be like our march north. Then we were travelling with an army in good order on broad roads through a populated area near the coast. Now [more…]

19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 4

6th January 2019 Tachybaptus 0

September 19th, 1808, Lisbon. We are in port at last, and I am glad to have my paws on the ground. It was a difficult passage out of the Channel, and we had to tack [more…]

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A Bear’s Diary – Part 3

30th December 2018 Tachybaptus 0

June 12th, 1808. I take up my pen again in London, where Jem and I have arrived after our hasty departure from Cambridge. It is quite understandable that Jem, unpaid by his lordship for more [more…]

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A Bear’s Diary – Part 2

23rd December 2018 Tachybaptus 0

March 6th, 1807. George is off to Italy, where I am sure he will have a capital time ogling churches and whores, and buying paintings that might be by Salvator Rosa but are probably not.

Animals

A Bear’s Diary – Part 1

16th December 2018 Tachybaptus 0

Cambridge, Novr. 6th, 1805. I did not dance well at the Bonfire Night show on Midsummer Common. Afterwards, Fred said to me, ‘Daisy, me ole dear. Yer knows and I knows yer gettin’ a bit [more…]

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