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and I may add that I frequently saw him 

 carrying his new owner, who weighed 

 sixteen stone, and who told me that he 

 would not take a thousand rupees for his 

 bargain ; thus we were mutually satisfied. 



At last the happy day arrived when we 

 were to make our grand start and I could 

 hardly sleep at night for thinking over the 

 pleasures of the morrow. And here I may 

 mention that I never now suffered from 

 those dreadful dreams which had so long 

 distressed me, and my remedy there- 

 fore was a complete success. 



At day break the shikari called us, and 

 when we turned out after breakfast the 

 little compound was filled to over-flowing 

 with the number of coolies we required, I 

 had previously labelled every load so that 

 we might know at a glance what each 

 contained ; * and I must take this oppor- 



