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ho at length appeared, got up rather considerably, quite 

 abashing me, who was sitting in a flannel shirt and cor- 

 responding nethers. We had a pleasant chat together. 

 He informed me that he had never been out of India, 

 was born in the country, and educated at Landour, whence 

 he was appointed direct to the Survey department. I do 

 not know his name. 



24th April. Rijaori. I made an early start as usual, 

 and had a rough scrambling march of it. The road fol- 

 lowing the trend of the river, here and there crosses steep 

 stony hills, where the track is only a watercourse. We 

 crossed the river just below Rijaori. This passage is at 

 times very difficult and dangerous, and never very pleasant, 

 as there is a great body of water, and strong current at 

 all times, but after the rains a roaring flood. 



The camp-ground of Rijaori is very pretty, in a garden, 

 one of much note, there being remains of aqueducts and 

 fountains, a summer-house on an eminence overlooking 

 the river, and the town on the other side. In the garden 

 are some magnificent plane trees, called ' chunar ' in 

 Cashmere, affording good and pleasant protection from 

 the sun. 



I found a young officer of the 24th encamped here, 

 and asked him and my former guest to dinner. 



I prepared my tackle, and was provided with small fish 

 by youngsters who remembered me the year before, and 

 started to fish, full of expectation, at 4.30 P.M. the sun 

 broiling. I tried the nearest pool under the temple, where 

 last year a mighty fish had got off, breaking my line and 

 robbing me of my best spinning tackle no run, nothing 

 stirring. I went down to another fine pool, where two 

 streams blend their waters, situated under a lofty hill, 

 steep and well- wooded down to the precipitous rocky bank 

 of the river a lovely piece of water ; had an offer or 



