14 By Mountain, Lake, and Plain 



lost, as francolin are terrible runners, and it is 

 hopeless to find them when once they get among 

 the tamarisk roots. A really good retriever was 

 what we wanted ; and in saying this no disparage- 

 ment is intended to Don, for none but a quite 

 recently imported dog would have done any better. 

 The fact is only too well known to the Indian 

 M.F.H. that in a hot climate a dog loses his 

 nose very quickly, added to which the ground 

 is generally too dry to hold scent. So Don is 

 sent off directly a bird falls winged, when, 

 using eyes rather than nose, he is often too 

 quick for them. 



The sun grows hot, and about noon the sight 

 of a willow which casts its reflection on a still 

 pool arouses thoughts of another kind. The very 

 place for lunch 



" Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, 

 A Flask of Wine (a Book of Verse), and Thou, 



And Wilderness is Paradise enow." 



We look back with remarkable unanimity for 

 a mule which has been appearing and disappearing 

 at intervals behind us. Here he comes, with a 

 servant perched on the top of a pair of bloated 

 Jchurzins. 1 As we are looking lunchwards, a snipe 



1 The overgrown saddle-bags used in Persia. 



