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and after having been beaten about by all weathers 

 and the storms of many latitudes, is still to the 

 fore, though not unscathed by fire and shot, for the 

 future to be laid up in ordinary, or perhaps to 

 remain close in-shore. That night was one strongly 

 engrafted on my memory, for the Doctor told us, 

 by snatches, of all his wanderings and history, in- 

 terspersed with many an anecdote of man and 

 beast, and it was not until a late hour that we 

 thought of turning in. 



The next day we changed our camp, moving 

 about three miles toward the east face, which was 

 said to be the best ground for thaar, and here we 

 remained four days enjoying fair sport, killing 

 between us three snow bears, eight thaar, five 

 gorral, two burrul, seven musk deer and a serow. 

 After this, we descended the hill and returned to 

 Bengalee, where we halted a day to rest and pre- 

 pare some of the specimens, which we sent by a 

 coolie to Fred's quarters at Dehra. 



From Bengalee the river flows through a narrow 

 gorge, with steep precipitous cliff's on each side; and 

 here a sure foot and a steady eye become absolutely 



