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to pattern, and are not very becoming ; but 

 any nose is better than none. 



Eveiytliing being satisfactorily settled, I 

 returned in great glee to Jullunder ; and 

 having written to Wilson that all was right, 

 made preparations for another campaign in 

 the hills. 



On the 25th of April, I set out for Umballa, 

 where I met Edward Campbell by appoint- 

 ment, and we hastened on to Missoorie, 

 where we found Wilson, and leaving the same 

 day that we arrived, went forward and en- 

 camped at Phaidee. From thence, we reached 

 the Jumna, by turning to our left at Durasso ; 

 and our main object this year being the ibex, 

 we lost no time in making our way to the 

 Asrung valley. 



We shot two days in the valley of the 

 Jumna, and killed a black bear, and several 

 tahir and go oral. 



The morning before we reached the last 

 village in this valley, Campbell went on with 

 the men to our encamping ground, and 

 Wilson and myself started up the mountain- 



