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then he had the reserve and self-possession characteristic of his
race ; but though he took small part in the games and other
recreations of our time, his knowledge, his native humour, and
his good comradeship, and especially his strong sense of right
and wrong, made him both admired and respected. . . . Yule was
not a scientific engineer, though he had a good general knowledge
of the different branches of his profession ; his natural capacity
lay rather in varied knowledge, combined with a strong under-
standing and an excellent memory, and also a peculiar power as
a draughtsman, which proved of great value in after life. . . .
Those were nearly the last days of the old reo-ime, of the
orthodox double sap and cylindrical pontoons, when Pasley's
genius had been leading to new ideas, and when Lintorn
Simmons' power, G. Leach's energy, W. Jervois' skill, and
R. Tylden's talent were developing under the wise example of
Henry Harness." 22
In the Royal Engineer mess of those days (the present
anteroom), the portrait of Henry Yule now faces that of his first
chief, Sir Henry Harness. General Collinson said that the
pictures appeared to eye each other as if the subjects were
continuing one of those friendly disputes in which they so often
engaged.23
It was in this room that Yule, Becher, Collinson, and other
young R.E.'s, profiting by the temporary absence of the austere
Colonel Pasley, acted some plays, including Pizarro. Yule bore
the humble part of one of the Peruvian Mob in this performance,
of which he has left a droll account.24
On the completion of his year at Chatham, Yule prepared to
sail for India, but first went to take leave of his relative, General
White. An accident prolonged his stay, and before he left he
had proposed to and been refused by his cousin Annie. This
occurrence, his first check, seems to have cast rather a gloom
over his start for India. He went by the then newly-opened
Overland Route, visiting Portugal, stopping at Gibraltar to see
22 Collinson's Memoir of Yule in R.E. Journal.
23 The picture was subscribed for by his brother officers in the corps, and painted in 188o by T. B. W irgman. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1881. A reproduction of the artist's etching from it forms the frontispiece of this volume.
24 In Memoir of Gen. John Becher.
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