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were less apparent, and I hoped in a week 

 or two* he would be fit to ride. The 

 native who had found him, must have 

 turned him out to graze in the jungle, and 

 as he had not been used to foraging for 

 himself, he would have died in another 

 week or so if I had not, fortunately for 

 him, come across his path. The sals 

 grinned his delight when I expressed my 

 approbation at the altered appearance of 

 the horse, and told me he was giving him 

 coarse, soft sugar, and that was the chief 

 cause of his picking up so rapidly. 



I also had a look at the tattu, who was 

 eating his grain with wonderful satisfac- 

 tion ; he was less puffy and looked all the 

 better for it. I thought what a prize he 

 would be to the proprietor of a circus at 

 home, for he is a nice tempered little fel- 

 low, and one that would soon learn any 



