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tion of the simple modesty with which he 

 related his adventures. 



We were off the next morning at 

 daylight on our way back to the canton- 

 ments, and, although we had a little 

 shooting on our road, it seemed tame 

 to us after the splendid sport we had 

 enjoyed. I never knew what shooting 

 was before, and shall never forget the 

 three happy weeks we passed in the 

 Himalaya jungles ; though I have had 

 many a pleasant time of it since then, in 

 other parts of the world, yet it has lacked 

 the freshness and novelty of first 

 experiences. 



As the weather came on to be wet, we 

 had a good deal of cold rain and muddy 

 travelling, which made our coolies look 

 very miserable, so we gave leave to as 

 many as we could spare to make for their 



