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pany me into camp after. Here I got a maddening 

 letter from a dealer at home enclosing bis present 

 price list, stating that prices varied according to season, 

 but that be would gladly sell me anything be bad in 

 stock at current prices, whenever I should call on him 

 at home. Bless him for a fool ; I had sent him a list 

 of common or couimonish hardy seedeaters, all easily 

 procurable at any time, asking him how far down the 

 list, or about bow far down, missing none out, would 

 he be able to have delivered to me at an Indian port for 

 a certain sum, ;^I5 I think, and if he could arrange to 

 have them delivered up country and at what extra 

 cost, or would I have to send a man to fetch them up. 

 Out here birds have to be accompanied by an 

 attendant on rail journeys of over 300 miles. At 

 Lahore I got some Bengalese and Javas (grey and 

 white), returning rather pleased with them, but more 

 than ever despairing of the Lahore dealer trying to 

 obtain my wants for me. At the Station a notice 

 caught my eye to the effect that during the Christmas 

 holidays return tickets could be had for single fares. 

 I had before formed the idea ot going to Calcutta 

 myself (it would be useless to send a man) and it 

 seemed incredible to me that such birds as Budgeri- 

 gars and Zebra Finches should not be procurable 

 there as I was informed by a Calcutta dealer and the 

 Lahore man. Expense was of course the objection, 

 " intermediate " was seriously considered but nothing 

 came of the idea. Anglo-Indian readers will know 

 what "Intermediate" is, it is a bit different from third 

 at home, in fact most people who travel third at home 

 rather shy oflF second out here. Personally I have had 

 more amusing journeys out here when going second. 



