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with their loads were obliged to be careful, 

 and the dogs had to be carried over in men's 

 arms. Killed nothing these last two days 

 but black partridges. 



On May-day, a short march of eight miles 

 to Jamka, where we were joined by our 

 expected guide, who deserves more than a 

 passing notice, and must have a special 

 introduction to the reader of these pages, to 

 which he has so largely contributed.* 



My successful sport in the Himalayas, I 

 attribute ijiainly to my good fortune in 

 having made acquaintance with my friend 

 Mr. Wilson, who accompanied me in all my 

 expeditions, and to whose knowledge of the 

 country and the people, I was indebted for 

 seeing much, which I should probably other- 

 wise have left unseen. A Yorkshireman 

 from Wakefield, fortune in his early life led 



* During his long residence in the hills, Wilson has made a 

 mass of notes regarding the birds and animals indigenous to the 

 Himalayas ; he has also contributed several most interesting 

 papers to the " Calcutta Sporting Eeview." The whole of his 

 notes and papers be kindly placed at my disposal, allo^'^■ing me to 

 select what passages I chose to enrich the pages of my journal. 



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