SIMLA. 77 



At Chopal there is a good travellers' 

 bungalow, in which we defied the rain, and 

 from whence three days' walk, still through 

 magnificent scenery, brought us by way of 

 Fhago to Simla, where we so timed our 

 arrival as to find our friends at breakfast on 

 the morning of the 11th of June. As all 

 letters from the Sunla hills contain, as a 

 matter of course, an account of how they 

 hush babies to sleep, and harden their con- 

 stitutions, hj placing them for hours under 

 a gentle run of water : it must, I suppose, be 

 mentioned, that near Fhago we inspected a 

 baby under a spout. 



The coolies were paid off, and I remained 

 at Simla until the end of August, passing 

 my time pleasantly enough, but the life was 

 much too idle to suit me ; nothing to do but 

 eat, drink, and sleep, day after day. Deter- 

 mined to have a few more days' shooting 

 near the source of the Ganges, I left Simla 

 on the 29th of August, accompanied by 

 two gallant captains of her Majesty's service, 

 one belonging to my own regiment, the other 



