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till past six ; yet by eight o'clock we sat down to an 

 excellent dinner, and everything was comfortably arranged 

 for the night. Indian servants are certainly seen at their 

 best when travelling and in camp. 



Tuesday. — We sent our baggage to Kalar Kahar, where 

 there is a house near a large lake. Alan started early to 

 shoot duck. I waited for luncheon, and did not get away 



KALAR KAHAU. 



till four o'clock. The road was only a track, but, they 

 told me, went straight to our destination. This was an 

 eighteen or twenty miles' ride, so to save time I cantered 

 off alone, thinking all the time how I should make myself 

 understood if I took the wrung turn and had to inquire 

 the way. Hardly had I gone a mile, when my stirrup 

 leather broke. It was impossible to mend it, and I had 



