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from that in May and June. The mountain- 

 sides are covered with vegetation, through 

 which you have to make your way in the 

 morning for three or four miles, according to 

 where your tent may be pitched. The grass 

 and herbage is very high ; and by the time 

 the shooting-ground is reached, you are wet 

 to the skin from the dew. However, the 

 sun of India soon dries you, and if there is 

 none, the sport will repay you. The burrell 

 are all to be found above this long grass : 

 they are very fat and good eating, and so 

 they ought to be, to induce you to bring one 

 home after killing him ; for whatever the 

 travelling may be up to the ground, the 

 journey down is awful work, slipping and 

 falling every few yards, being unable to see 

 the bad places ; however, the men Avere as 

 often down as we were, and that was some 

 consolation. The walking at this time is very 

 dangerous, as a false step or slip would in all 

 probability send you, unable to check your- 

 self, over some ledge of rocks, and it is abso- 

 lutely necessary to be careful. These were 



