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left for me when I did get there, but at once to sink 

 into the arms of the Dread Mother : and the Bhairava 

 Jap would have afforded a much pleasanter route than 

 that. I tried to get V. V. and the Bawas to return 

 to their nest for my haps and make some arrange- 

 ments for my passing the night where I was, and 

 finishing the ascent next day ; but they would not 

 assent to anything of the kind, and so I had to return. 

 Greatly relieved was the Man of Pleasure when he 

 saw me again. He had become nervous, and had 

 nearly consumed all my cartridges, firing them off 

 against a rock, at intervals of about ten minutes, to 

 keep off ogres, and to keep up his fainting spirits ; 

 but when he saw me safe back, a tinge of happiness 

 came over the mountain of his misery, though clouded 

 by a dark misgiving as to what might next be in 

 store for him. 



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