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had ridden him ever since I offered to lend 

 him while I was in the Himalayas, and my 

 sdis had now reclaimed him for my use. He 

 had grown a magnificent creature, and I 

 jumped on his back and cantered to the 

 parade. After the usual two hours drill 

 we were dismissed, and I felt quite grati- 

 fied when many of the privates came up, to 

 say they were glad to see me well again. 

 Soldiers, as a rule, are kindly dispositioned 

 and warm-hearted men, and when once 

 attached to their officers will follow them 

 faithfully through every peril. I had been 

 an object of interest both to the men, and 

 officers in my regiment on account of my 

 sufferings, and my escapes out of the 

 hands of the natives in Nepaul, and I 

 think few of them expected to see me 

 among them again, when I first started for 

 the Himalayas* 



