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this out, and in consequence yielded a ready and 

 willing obedience. A kindly word or joke, any little 

 notice indeed, when combined with the necessary 

 determination to enforce attention to their orders, 

 goes a great deal further than an oath, or anathema, 

 against those " infernal niggers." And such I 

 recommend to those young sportsmen whose lot it 

 may be to follow in the footsteps of the " Eastern 

 hunters." 



As the sun went down the three friends strolled 

 down to the pool, and found they had not deceived 

 themselves as to the delight afforded by a plunge 

 after the hard day's work. A swim and roll about 

 in the water invigorated them immensely, and they 

 shortly sat down to dinner in a state of mind and 

 body it is rarely given to the dyspeptic shunner of 

 air and exercise, or the contemner of energetic 

 inuring sport to enjoy. 



Before and during dinner the noise of many voices 

 indicated where the process of skinning the dead 

 tigress was being effected by the choomars (tanners), 

 who had been summoned from a lame village about 



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three miles off. A spot had been selected for this 

 purpose a little to the leeward of the camp, and to 

 this, after dinner much refreshed by copious liba- 

 tions of that most grateful compound " mug," 

 the hunters betook themselves personally to super- 



