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inquiries he had made, too,, he had satisfied himself 

 they might find tigers, perhaps, and certainly bears 

 there, and therefore considered the Sahibs should at 

 once change their camp. 



As they coincided in this opinion, orders were 

 immediately issued to pack up, and prepare for a 

 night march ; warning of the probability of such 

 having previously been given. 



Ere long, with the jabbering of many voices 

 the possessor of each thinking more of instructing 

 his neighbour than working himself was mingled 

 the sound of hammering tent-pegs to loosen them 

 from the ground. But above all arose the gurg- 

 ling growling of the camels, as they were brought 

 up and made to sit previous to being loaded. The 

 noise they emit, as they open their capacious jaws 

 and make as if to seize, with their fearful-looking 

 teeth, any tangible unprotected portion of the person 

 loading them, is alarming in the extreme to the 

 unaccustomed. 



Before the preparations were complete, the young 

 moon had sunk, and all the horse litter and other 

 rubbish was thrown on the fires which were lighted 



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in several spots to aid the people in their labours- 

 causing them to burn up bright and throw a lurid 

 glare on all objects within their irradiation. Some 

 of the camels appeared defined strongly against the 



