6 BEAUTIFUL SCENEEY. 



walked through the pass as the sun rose. 

 The scenery very beautiful, a relief to the 

 eyes after the flat uninteresting country we 

 had lived in for the last four months ; the 

 sides of the pass, clothed with trees and 

 shrubs of colder regions, intermingled with 

 those of India and Bengal ; and before us lay 

 spread the rich broad valley, with the giant 

 masses of the Himalayas rising half way to 

 the skies, as a back-ground to the scene. 



Breakfast hour brought us to Major 

 Mayne's house, who was to be our purveyor 

 of sport in the valley. I had made his 

 acquaintance at cricket ; one of the many 

 good fellows I have made friends with at 

 that noble game, a capital soldier and a good 

 cricketer ; and many a happy day we have 

 passed together since. The day was spent 

 packing the howdahs and so forth. 



The party was complete ; and next 

 morning all started on horseback for Jogee- 

 Wallah, whither the elephants had been 

 sent on over-night. A jolly breakfast party 

 of nine hungry sportsmen, and then — 



