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borrow the balance from Bunselol, the So wear. 

 " You will do nothing of the kind," replied the old 

 gentleman. " I received much kindness from the 

 general, your grandfather, in the Mahratta war, and 

 when he commanded the Hyderabad contingent, and 

 it would be odd if I could not lend you the money 

 myself, in preference to your having to borrow it 

 from that harpy. When you are rich you can repay it, 

 but if you never do I shall not feel it." In good 

 time two horses were sent to me. One won some 

 petty races, and I sold him for Es. 1,000, repaid my 

 benefactor, and kept the other, which I might have 

 sold over and over again for nearly double what I 

 had paid for him. At the time of the meeting, 

 however, he was lame, for I had, like a fool, chased a 

 wolf on him through prickly jungle, and the con- 

 sequence was that he had to be laid up, and his fet- 

 locks well poulticed. Prendergast always had about a 

 dozen nags, all Cape horses, with the exception of 

 one, an immense English hunter. They were weight- 

 carriers, for their master stood six feet four in his 

 stockings and was an immensely powerful man and 

 one of the best bruisers of his day. 



We met at daylight near two conical hills about 

 eight miles from Eajahmundry. All were the guests 

 of the Collector, and were regaled right royally. I 

 may here say, these two hills, rising abruptly from a 

 plain, went by the name of the " Bubbies." We had 

 several ladies in camp who came to look on, and 

 for whom machans had been built. We had the judge 

 and sub-judge of Rajahmundry, C., W.A., of a 

 firm of bankers in Calcutta, Madras and elsewhere ; 

 a ship captain, T., a most eccentric individual, but 



