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for the hills, and by morning I had tra- 

 velled some forty miles. I remained at 

 the government bungalow all the day and 

 had some tea and toast, which was all I 

 could take ; and, when it became cool I 

 was assisted into my palanquin, my 

 bearers trudging off with me as before. 

 In the morning we had done another forty 

 miles, and I found myself in a similar 

 tbungalow, with the same tea and toast, and 

 it appeared to me the very same rhitmatgar 

 (attendant) in charge of the bungalow as 

 on the previous day ; the life was indeed 

 monotonous. 



On the evening of the third day I found 

 myself at the foot of the hills, gazing up 

 with astonishment and awe at the 

 stupendous mountains before me ; to add 

 to their beauty they were clothed with 

 lovely foliage from their base nearly to 



