Chapter 49: 476-483
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Ensign Cheer
Is this Dixon making a sarcastic remark, implying Mason is being pessimistic or discouraging about his Fire-flies plans?
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Eyre Coote
Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB (1726 – April 28, 1783), was an Irish soldier who served time in India.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Coote