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the back, against which it is fastened by straps, 

 this being the ordinary mode the Phaidees or hill 

 coolies carry supplies. In the afternoon we visited 

 a very decent hotel, rode round the race-course, 

 and saw what was to be seen of the town ; after 

 which w^e dined and retired early to rest, in order 

 to be up betimes. 



It was still dark when we all assembled on the 

 following morning, but early as it was, we found a 

 glorious log-fire on the hearth, and a substantial 

 breakfast laid out, to which we fell to like men 

 who had their day's work before them. Our horses 

 were then brought round, and mounting, we took 

 the eastern road leading to the ruins of the hill- 

 fort of Kalunga, at the taking of which the gallant 

 Gillespie was killed. He and several other officers 

 who fell are buried on a low hill at Mala Pani, 

 where a monument has been raised to their memory. 

 Here we branched off in a southerly direction, and 

 towards noon arrived at our tent, which was pitched 

 near the village of Than, where Fred's shekarries 

 met us with the intelligence that a herd of elephant 

 had been seen three days before by some wood- 



