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We killed, during this week, seven burrell, 

 eleven musk-deer, and five bears, whicli kept 

 our men well, supplied with plenty of food, 

 a state of affairs which they like amazingly ; 

 and I never saw fellows with such appetites. 

 Descending the valley again, we passed 

 Ossalla, and encamped in a forest above 

 Datmeer, where we remained a few days, 

 beating the forest, and had very tolerable 

 sport, principally amongst the tahir. 



From thence we moved through Gunga to 

 Leane, a favourite place, where we pitched 

 the tents in a pleasant level spot ; the 

 shooting here, was not so good as we had 

 expected, for we only bagged one bear, a few 

 musk-deer, and a single tahir. 



At Gunga, our surgical skOl had been called 

 into play. The villagers brought to us a 

 poor fellow, for inspection and cure, as they 

 imagine, we are able to cure everything and 

 everybody. With him, they brought the 

 cause of his disaster, a large leopard. It 

 appeared, that being in charge of the village 

 sheep, the leopard had attacked his flock. 



