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The jugclers then withdrew, and the nautch con- 

 tinued until the gray of the morninL(, when our ris- 

 ing from our seats was the signal for the sports to 

 cease, and the spectators to retire. 



We, the European officers, having distributed our 

 largess to the dancing- girls, proceeded to a tent close 

 by, where a handsome native supper was served in 

 the Mussulman style of cooking, and here we re- 

 mained chatting and smoking our hookahs until 

 intimation was given us that the sun had risen, 

 when each retired to his tent 



