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Saxon blood only to be found in India and the 

 back-woods of America. 



All our preparations for a long march were now 

 completed, so mustering our followers and coolies, 

 a formidable array forming almost a little army in 

 themselves, we weeded the force by selecting the 

 weakly "looking ones to go back to Dehra with the 

 spoils already accumulated (wliich consisted of 

 skins, horns, and divers specimens of natural 

 history and geology), whilst we apportioned our 

 baggage in suitable loads amongst the remainder. 



I shall not bore the reader by entering into the 

 monotonous detail of our daily marching, as our 

 route has been described by previous explorers ; and 

 our party got over the ground so quickly, that we 

 had scarcely time to make any very accurate obser- 

 vations. During the march we were obliged to 

 forego the exploration of many very likely-looking 

 places for game, and had to give up all idea of 

 regular shooting, giving our attention more to 

 sight-seeing than sporting, except when any new 

 species of animal was to be found, when we neither 

 spared time nor trouble. 



