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to wind up, more to his satisfaction, I gave 

 him a rupee as bakhshish (a present) which 

 he thought much more of than all the praise 

 I could bestow upon him. I told him I 

 should ride the horse every morning, and 

 allowed a servant to have a mount on the 

 tatiu; this arrangement gave general satis- 

 faction, and we now only thought about 

 getting settled in cantonments. I was now 

 within a week's march of the desired 

 goal, when I ascertained that a few days 

 would bring me into the vicinity of some 

 good shooting, so I sent a chit by a 

 coolie (a porter) into the station in which 

 the troops were quartered, to ask three or 

 four of my brother subs to join me over 

 night and have a good day's shooting, 

 naming the spot where I should pitch my 

 tent. I promised to secure beaters, also a 

 shikari a sportsman who knows where all 



