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RAMXEE. 



pallid lineaments each moment growing more dim in the 

 deepening gloom. 



The chilly night wind that came whispering through the 

 pine-trees, wafting an alluring odour from the culinary de- 

 partment, and a voice at my elbow murmuring "Khana 

 tyar " (dinner is ready ), soon recalled me from the ideal to 

 the real ; and I was very hungry. 



In two days from here I reached Ramnee a charming 

 locality as regards scenery and climate, and a capital centre 

 for sport, there being excellent ground for jurrow, gooral, and 

 other middle-range game, in its almost immediate vicinity, 

 and both burrell and tahr were plentiful on the higher ranges 

 within a few days' reach of it. But the rainy season had now 

 set in, and the horns of the jurrow stags were still in velvet ; 

 so I proceeded on my way, and in about ten more days had 

 rejoined my regiment. 



This was my last expedition to the higher regions of those 

 grand old mountains, whose memories are so dear to me, 

 and which, alas, I shall never see again ! 



Tartar tent. 



