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Campbell sitting in state in the midst of 

 them. 



I must say, that I was very much pleased 

 and gratified with our reception, as it proved 

 that our people did appreciate our endea- 

 vours, on all occasions, to treat them with 

 kindness. They were always encouraged to 

 come and warm themselves at our fire, dry 

 their clothes, and talk over the events of the 

 day, and on moonlight nights would treat 

 us to a dance, which they perform locked 

 arm-in-arm in two lines facing each other, 

 advancing and retiring a couple of yards, 

 bowing and curtseying, and singing the 

 same verse of a song over and over again, 

 until they are all tired. 



We crossed over into Borasso, where we 

 fell in with an ofiicer from Simla, who told 

 us, that he had not been very successful. 

 From Borasso, we had intended crossing by 

 a lofty and difficult pass into the Buspa 

 valley, and descending upon Cheitool ; but 

 the villagers gave such an account of the 

 dangerous state of the pass, from the deep 



