The literary remains of the late C.F.T. Drake / [edited with a memoir by Walter Besant].

  • Drake, Charles F. Tyrwhitt (Charles Frederick Tyrwhitt), 1846-1874.
Date:
1877
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Credit: The literary remains of the late C.F.T. Drake / [edited with a memoir by Walter Besant]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    without tent, baggage, or eatables. He said, “ I have my flask with me.” I thought he had poured out only part of the liquor, so drank all that was offered, which turned out to be the whole of our supply. His only remark (although he knew we could not get anything either to eat or drink until morning) was, “ Never mind, old fellow ; it will do you good.” We knew each other thirteen years, and I can- not remember a single harsh or unkind word passing between us. To know him was to love him, and all who were acquainted with him will testify to the thorough unselfishness of his character.’ His unselfishness and good temper are indeed the chief burden in the lamentation of all those who were afterwards his travelling companions—Professor E. H. Palmer, Captain Burton, and Lieutenant Conder. The Morocco travelling stood him in good stead as a preparation for the more serious business of his life. It inured him to camp-life, taught him the manners and language of the East, showed him how, by proof es- pecially of superior dexterity in things valued by Easterns, to gain the admiration and trust of the people, and gave him the habit of close and careful observa- tion, which fitted him peculiarly for his after work of exploration in Palestine. In the winter of 1868 he went to Egypt. By this time it was clear that .University distinction was a