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that time we shot very fairly, making 

 a much better bag than I had antici- 

 pated. We had to leave all our game, 

 excepting the jungle-fowl and the par- 

 tridge ; and as we proceeded, found 

 we had bagged quite as many as our 

 escort could carry, considering they had, 

 in addition, their muskets and thirty 

 rounds of ball cartridge in their pouches. 

 We had each our bearers, but they 

 carried our ammunition and whatever 

 drink their master fancied : some had 

 brandy, some claret, and I, for one, 

 had cold tea, in a bottle, without either 

 milk or sugar; and though I was a 

 griff in those days, I have still adhered 

 to this practise, and after some thirty 

 years experience think it much the most 

 refreshing beverage. It invigorates you 

 sufficiently, without spoiling your shooting, 



