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a " zyat." near a nullah, about a mile beyond 

 the village. There were rest houses in Lepang- 

 young, but I prefer being a little way out, for in a 

 crowded village one has no peace. The young children, 

 and girls especially, are so fond of staring at one. 

 Telling Shoay-Boh that I had obtained leave and was 

 starting my kit in a bullock- cart, and that if he wished 

 it, he could put his things into it and accompany me, 

 I gave him a few rupees as a douceur, and he went 

 off to collect his traps. When I saw the miscellaneous 

 articles he brought I was appalled. They would require 

 a cart for themselves, but wishing to conciliate the 

 man, I bade my boy hurry off and get another, which he 

 did, and between them all they managed to fill the two 

 pretty completely. I was glad they were to go on ahead, 

 for the effluvia from the gnapee (of which the Burman 

 was taking back a large supply, not only for his own 

 home consumption, but also I suspect for sale) was 

 most sickening. I sent on a syce and an extra pony 

 too, as I intended to ride out very early and get some 

 sport on the Saturday. I had often shot snipe at 

 Tseben, and had once gone to Lepangyoung in the 

 cold season, but had failed to get anything but jungle 

 fowl and a few yit (pheasants). So by 5 A.M. I 

 was up and away. The country is dead flat ; there 

 is no regular road, only native pathways, which 

 formerly had been much cut up by commissariat- 

 elephants and cattle. Eiding fast therefore was out of 

 the question, but these ponies can amble over ground 

 where a less sure-footed animal would come to grief. 

 In two hours I had reached Tseben. The road was 

 fair beyond, and by nine I was at the zyat, where my 

 boy had a cold collation ready for me. Shoay-Boh told 



