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not done in the "best families." They have a disadvan- 

 tage, that although on one side you may walk off the road 

 straight on to them, if you take a wrong step on the other 

 side there is a big drop the height of the house, and often 

 something more. In the present instance a torrent some 

 hundred feet below would have received us, and whenever I 

 woke at night. I thought the tent would blow over and 

 take us wtih it. In spite of the wind and driving sleet 



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we had an excellent dinner. Soup, fish, curry, roast 

 mutton, and a sweet omelette — all cooked in the open air. 

 How our chef manages it, is a puzzle to me. Alan says 

 that the joint while roasting was sheltered by an umbrella. 

 The cooking utensils consist of a frying-pan, a kettle, and 

 four or five copper saucepans and stewpots. The fire is 

 made between three stones, which serve for kitchen range, 

 hot-plate, and all the other appliances without which no 



