furnished beds and a crystal mantel- 

 piece (brought from Japan) which re- 

 flected the fire-light in a hundred tints. 

 Beyond, through an open door, could be 

 seen the tiled bath-room. It was a room 

 that would be charming anywhere, but 

 in that region a veritable fairy's cham- o 

 ber. Truly it is a canny Host who 

 can thus blend harmoniously the human 

 luxuries of the East and the natural 

 glories of the West, 



In our rides around the Palette I saw 

 Wahb's tracks once again. The Host 

 had taken us to a far away part of 

 his possessions. Three beautiful wolf 

 hounds frisked along beside us, when 

 all at once they became much excited 

 about something they smelt in a little 

 scrub-pine clump on the right. We 

 looked about for some track or sign 



