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Himalayas to my chums in the regiment, 



but the only articles of the kind that I 



could procure, and they were brought out 



from some hiding place at the back of the 



shop, were pretty cigar cases made of 



leather, with split quills inserted in them 



by way of ornament : these can be bought 



for two or three rupees, and they were not 



a bad present to take from the hills, as it 



was the only place, in my day, where they 



could be procured. Having secured the 



cigar cases, I persuaded my friend Smith 



to accompany me to a high hill which not 



only commanded a full view of the plains, 



but also of the high mountains running 



back from where we were standing. 



These mountains rear their summits higher 



and higher, till they terminate in what is 



called the " snowy range," where as 



their name implies there is perpetual 



