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and rear some wolves ; so I procured milk, and the mehtar 

 tried to feed them. They were hungry enough, and lapped 

 a little. But next day on the march the basket was put on 

 a camel, and the sun was hot, and the poor little innocents 

 did not like the motion of the camel, and howled like 

 puppies. They say that dogs do not perspire, which I 

 think is a fiction, but I know for certain that wolves do, 

 for these little beggars when taken off the camel were quite 

 wet, though the day was just the usual winter tempera- 

 ture with a bright sun — hot by day, cold by night. 

 Anyhow, it did not agree with infant wolves, and one died. 

 We gave the others all possible attention, and milk 

 ad lib., and had them carried by a man ; but they did not 

 appreciate our kindness, and looked more and more 

 miserable, and howled half the night, so had to be 

 put an end to. At evening a wolf came about the camp 

 and was seen, causing much alarm among the servants. 

 I watched for her with rifle and shot-gun, but never got 

 a shot. It may have been the mother following her young 

 family. We were not sorry to be rid of the juvenile 

 wolves. 



The march through the districts of Jhansi and Lalitpur 

 occupied three months of interesting exploration. The 

 climate was quite beautiful up to March, when the sun 

 by day began to be strong. 



The route lay through Talbehat, where one meets the 

 salt hedge. I breakfasted with a Mr. Graham, who was 

 on duty patrolling the hedge. This extraordinary barrier 

 was here composed of thorn-bushes, not planted, but just 

 heaped in a long line some 6 feet high, which an animal 

 cannot easily burst through. It is indeed a long line, 

 extending aU across India, so as to enclose the salt- 

 producing region in Rajputana and other States. The 

 salt which was there obtained was carried, on ponies and 



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