A REAL INDIAN DINNER. 



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escape. It had done much damage, and appeared to bear 

 a charmed life. However, we had all passed a pleasant 

 day, and to me it was a novel experience and a very pretty 

 sight. 



We had been talking about the native style of cookery, 



HEAD OF GOORAL OR HIMALAYAN CHAMOIS. 



and the Maharaja promised to send us a real Indian dinner 

 to-night. In the evening his servants arrived, bearing 

 dozens of little dishes on their heads. There were about 

 nine different kinds of curries — mutton, chicken and vege- 



