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which brandy and water, or wine, always 

 does for me. 



We returned in time for mess at seven 

 o'clock, and great was the curiosity to 

 hear what was the amount of our bag, 

 and what we had seen, and whether we 

 had met any hostile Nepaulese. Major 



H was equally anxious to know 



what the country was like ; whether 

 there were any roads, and if it would be 

 easy for an army to ght through it : 

 answering all these questions as well as 

 we could, we hastened to dress for 

 mess, which we did in an incredibly short 

 space of time, getting in before the soup 

 was removed. 



We underwent great chaffing at our 

 missing the bull bison, but the bag we 

 brought home, and the quantity of large 

 game left behind (which could not be 



