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and they can be lowered to exclude the sun, 

 or raised to admit fresh air. 



Now I come to the horses, and here I 

 am fairly nonplussed as to what to say. 

 Perhaps I can best give an idea of them by 

 saying that the price paid for them, in a 

 country where good horses cost more than 

 in England, was, as a rule, fifty rupees — 

 then worth is. 8d. each. Seventy rupees 

 (under £6) was quite a top price. As very 

 small horses, or cripples, were no use, it 

 followed that a great percentage of the 

 horses used were incurably vicious. Two 

 horses only were harnessed to the coaches, 

 which were heavy enough when loaded with 

 a dozen people, and luggage on top as 

 well as some swinging underneath. The 

 horses were invariably stallions, except 

 in the rare cases when a " Waler " was 



