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Having made good headway, I sat under a noble 

 1 chunar ' tree, awaiting the arrival of the boats, when I 

 breakfasted, and embarked, and we pursued our watery 

 way. Again I went ashore, and walked through the 

 country until stopped by a creek, and, the sun being very 

 hot, then took shelter under my thatch, and so on until 

 dusk, when I halted or anchored for dinner, turned in 

 about nine, and roused at daybreak, 



10th May. I went ashore, and walked from half-past 

 five to half-past seven, and having cut off some tremendous 

 1 detours,' as I thought, I sat down to await the boats. 

 Nine o'clock, and no boats saw two men hurrying : 

 a sepoy, of whom two of the Maharajah's attend me, to 

 assist in procuring supplies, &c., as is usual in this country, 

 and Buddoo came up, and informed me that I had fol- 

 lowed the wrong river. Here was a business. I ascertained 

 the direction of the right one, got a boat, and crossing the 

 deceptive stream, made across country to the boats, which 

 we hit upon without difficulty ; and without further ad- 

 venture or mishap, but in dull and prosperous monotony, 

 we punted our way to Islamabad, where we arrived about 

 4 P.M., and after some delay, procuring coolies, I was 

 safely lodged in the ' baraduri ' which Willis and I occu- 

 pied last autumn. 



Everything the same, but now familiar and less inter- 

 esting; I think some of the larger fishes have been taken 

 out of the tank my old acquaintance the kotwal offici- 

 ously civil as usual the vizier, my friend Ahmet Shah, 

 the kardar, absent in the neighbourhood. I made all 

 arrangements to go on towards the Wurdwan in the 

 morning, and sent on a sepoy to arrange for coolies and 

 supplies which have to be carried with us at Shanguz, 

 the village we are to halt at to-morrow. 



May llth. I got well away early, and had a pleasant 



