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port and took leave of us, he volunteered 

 to relate another story, some other evening 

 which he thought would interest us. We 

 were not long in " turning in," and my 

 friend Smith was half asleep while he was 

 undressing ; for, when I wished to con- 

 verse with him about the amusing story of 

 the shikari, I could not get a word out of 

 him, and when he got into bed he was too 

 tired to snore ; not hearing the accus- 

 tomed sound, I thought he must be ill, but 

 on listening again I heard his breathing 

 regular and strong. He was all right the 

 next morning and ready for a start, 

 though he had to be shaken considerably 

 before he could be aroused. 



We were a little later than usual in 

 getting off that morning, and I observed 

 the head man did not scold and cuff the 



coolies with his accustomed energy, and 



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