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snow ; and it is beautiful to see from the 

 plains below, where you are stifled with the 

 heat, those lofty peaks looking so purely 

 white and cool. 



The reason I required so many coolies 

 was, that my baggage was considerably 

 increased by the number of valuable skins 

 now in my possession ; and while I was 

 thinking about them that evening, it 

 struck me, and a most valuable thought it 

 was, that they should be looked to before 

 my departure for the plains. . 



No sooner said than done ; a man 

 cunning in dressing skins was applied to 

 in the bazaar, and he said he would call in 

 the morning to see the state they were in ; 

 as nothing had been done to them from 

 the time they had been stripped off their 

 late owners, it was lucky for me that 

 I had them examined when I did, or 



