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and camels that were hitherto used for carry- 

 ing baggage, were now taken with the rest to 

 join the sport. The Vizier had with him 

 about eight hundred elephants; while many 

 of the opulent natives w r ere mounted also on 

 that noble animal, and carried their tents and 

 baggage on camels and elephants, all their 

 own property; so that with this addition, and 

 some of the Infantry, the cavalcade was tre- 

 mendous, presenting the appearance of a 

 large army going to a field of battle, rather 

 than that of a hunting party. 



To battle they actually went, not against 

 men, but against the destroyers of men. It 

 should also be taken into consideration that 

 in such excursions in India they are liable to 

 meet with enemies and are obliged to be pre- 

 pared accordingly. They remained three 

 weeks or a month near the same place, occa- 

 sionly changing their ground, as they de- 

 stroyed the animals in the neighbourhood, 

 and then returned to Lucknow, much in the 

 same manner and style, as they left it, but 

 by a different route. 



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