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turned, those who went out to catcli, were 

 nearly caught, and off they ran to the camp, 

 as hard as they could lay legs to the ground. 

 Luckily, the bear did not lay hold of old 

 Karla, and we had a good laugh at them all. 



Ha\ang halted a day to rest our patient — 

 who was rapidly improving, but still had to 

 be carried — we arrived at Kishtewar, on the 

 last day of the month ; a large populous 

 place on the Cheenab, which formerly belonged 

 to the Rajahs of Chumba, from whom it was 

 taken by the Sikhs^, and transferred by us to 

 Gliolab Sing. The country appeared fertile 

 and tolerably governed, the people well off and 

 civil, and supplies were good and abundant. 



From hence, we went on to Budrawer, 

 another large place, finding the country 

 much the same all the way ; pheasants and 

 chicore were to be found along the route, and 

 they made a welcome addition to the pot. 



We crossed into the Chumba district on 

 the 4th of October, and encamped at Lun- 

 gera. During this day's march, in crossing 

 a bridge, we met a large herd of buffaloes. 



