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Nepaulese prisons. Now those days of 

 peril had glided into the past, all the 

 wretchedness of them was well nigh 

 forgotten, and only the excitement of the 

 adventures lived in my memory. The 

 shooting in the hills was a never-failing 

 subject of pleasant remembrance to me, 

 but there was some pain in the thought 

 that I might never enjoy such sport 

 again ; yet, in spite of all the croaking of 

 my medical advisers, I did not lose all 

 hope of a perfect recovery, and a return 

 to India. 



I duly arrived at Calcutta and felt a 

 little better already from the change of air 

 and scene, though much worn out by the 

 journey. My agents provided a passage 

 in the " Lord Lowther," a very fine ship, 

 and we set sail the following day at 

 sunrise. We had a good number of 



