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matters were then speedily put into proper 

 train. 



From the 2nd to the 7th we were 

 traversing Spitee, walking by easy marches 

 towards Lahoul. The scenery curious but 

 monotonous, real hill sides, with no trees 

 and very little or no vegetation. The days 

 were very hot, and the dust troublesome. 

 At first we found a few chickoor, but latterly 

 there was nothing to shoot except blue 

 pigeons, which however were excellent when 

 stewed down with greens, of which we 

 always found plenty in the villages we 

 halted at. The natives, regular Tartars, were 

 excessively civil and good-tempered, and 

 gave us ever3rthing we wanted, save fire- 

 wood, which is scarce. Our baggage was 

 now carried on yaks, or Tartar pack-oxen. 



On Sunday we halted at the foot of what 

 they call the pass into Lahoul, which proved 

 to be a very easy slope. Upon the other side 

 we found a large river flowing first south 

 and then westerly : we thought it was the 

 Beeas, but it turned out to be the Chenab. 



