furnished beds and a crystal mantel- 
piece (brought trom 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- 
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 
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