▁the ▁Rus so - J apan ese ▁War , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁years ▁much ▁lect uring ▁in ▁England , ▁South ▁Africa , ▁Australia ▁and ▁South ▁America . ▁Where ver ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁min ing ▁field ▁H ales ▁visited ▁it , ▁and ▁in ▁South ▁America ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁special ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁agricult ural ▁and ▁past oral ▁possibilities ▁of ▁that ▁continent . ▁When ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁began ▁he ▁endeav oured ▁to ▁en list ▁but ▁was ▁too ▁much ▁over ▁age . ▁H ales ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁war ▁correspond ent ▁in ▁France , ▁and ▁then ▁went ▁to ▁Italy , ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁General ▁Gar ib ald i ▁and ▁endeav oured ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁Italian ▁army . ▁Gar ib ald i , ▁who ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Australia , ▁tried ▁to ▁help ▁him ▁without ▁success , ▁and ▁H ales ▁again ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁correspond ent . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁he ▁published ▁Where ▁Ang els ▁F ear ▁to ▁T read , ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁able ▁sketch es ▁on ▁matters ▁ar ising ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁war . ▁After ▁peace ▁came ▁H ales ▁lived ▁mostly ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁wrote ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁nov els , ▁of ▁which ▁about ▁ 6 0 ▁are ▁listed ▁in ▁Miller ' s ▁Australian ▁Liter ature . ▁Many ▁of ▁these ▁had ▁large ▁circul ations ; ▁of ▁the ▁McG lus ky ▁series ▁of ▁some ▁ 2 0 ▁volumes ▁about ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁were ▁sold . ▁H ales ▁published ▁a ▁volume ▁of ▁verse , ▁Po ems