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fissure in the rocky floor of the tent 

 a jet of water six inches high, which 

 obliged us to roll up our mattresses and 

 shift as we could till daylight enabled 

 us to move to a better site. Evidently 

 some natural reservoir on the upper 

 part of the ridge communicated with 

 the rocky site we had chosen for the 

 tent, and illustrated, much to our dis- 

 comfort, the principle of the artesian 

 well. 



The zemindars and their people were 

 much gratified by the appreciation 

 shown for Mahendra, and great baskets 

 of mandarin oranges and gallons of rich 

 buffalo milk were brought up from all 

 sides for our acceptance. The hamlets 

 of the Sourah vassals of the neighbour- 

 ing zemindars are built on the lowest 



