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two divisions, placing one, with half the 

 coolies, sheep, tents, &c., under the charge of 

 Gholab, my bhistee, to return by the same 

 pass by which we had come down, and 

 then by the Buspa pass to Derallee, there 

 to await our arrival ; the other party 

 were to go over the hill to Polinsundra, 

 with Wilson and myself. Next morning we 

 set forth upon oui- separate routes ; we had 

 no difficulty in finding our road; but when 

 at a very considerable elevation, were 

 obliged to halt at a spot where we had 

 neither wood nor shelter. 



We were lucky enough this day to see a 

 white leopard, which galloped across the 

 open. He may be considered as fortunate 

 indeed, who during months of shooting on 

 the snowy ranges, gets even a sight of the 

 " burrell-hag," or white leopard. During 

 several years, the summer and autumnal 

 months of which Wilson spent chiefly in the 

 higher regions, where it is found, he only 

 met with it three or four times, and 

 succeeded in killing but one, and that a 



