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and after I was installed at the hotel, and 

 had counted the loads, found all right, and 

 paid the coolies, I began to consider how I 

 could get forward on my journey. I went 

 to the post master about palanquin bearers, 

 and he promised I should have them in 

 the morning ; then I hired a hackery, 

 which I ordered to be at the hotel in an 

 hour, in order that it might then be 

 packed and made ready to start at 

 daylight next morning. I went back to 

 my hotel and sat down to dinner wit.h 

 a light heart, having satisfactorily arranged 

 all my affairs. I should like to impress on 

 my young readers the necessity of always 

 doing their business first, and afterwards 

 they may study their own comforts, and 

 enjoy themselves. In a country like India, 

 where every one has a habit of procrasti- 

 nating, it is absolutely necessary that you 



