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19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 9

17th February 2019 Tachybaptus 0

June 25th, 1809. We are returned to London. Our journey from Portsmouth was necessarily a slow one, as no stagecoach driver will countenance adding eight bears to his passengers. In any case, Fred deemed it [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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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…]

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