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and we were to have no further trouble. 

 He was to provide food for himself and all 

 his people, so we had only to cater for 

 ourselves and our personal attendants, 

 and we never had reason to regret our 

 arrangement with this hardy mountaineer. 

 Ascertaining that my pony would be of 

 very little use in the mountains, I decided 

 not to take him with me, but he was very 

 handy to ride about Landour. Before 

 starting on this shooting expedition I sold 

 him one day to a colonel of artillery who 

 had often admired him, and he had asked 

 me if I would sell him, as he was cal 

 culated to carry a much heavier fellow 

 than I was. I now offered him to the 

 colonel for four hundred rupees (forty 

 pounds), for which amount he gave me a 

 cheque without demur, so the piebald 

 pony and his master parted company ; 



