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journi:y to mysokk. 



charged at the rate of three aimas per mile when full, 

 half that when empty, oi- cart and oxen fourpence 

 to sixpence per mile. Not a very extravagant rate ! 

 Here is a sketch of my elegant travelling carriage, 



Having left Bangalore at eight o'clock in the evening, 

 I travelled with tolerable ease until ten the next 

 morning, when we halted at Yedoor. The Govern- 

 ment bungalow here, like those along the whole line 

 of the journey, was clean, and being provided with the 

 prescribed articles of furniture and a good bath-room, 

 I soon felt reconciled to my mode of travelling, and 

 enjoyed the excellent breakfast put before me by 

 " George," such was the chosen name my factotum 

 indulged in. In fact, the tea I had brought from 

 Bangalore, genuine Neilgherry, I thought much 



