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which the bottom should be seen before it is removed 

 from the lips. 



When "Five Minutes" thought his master was 

 tired over night, and would be reluctant to move in 

 the morning, he would carefully prepare a bowl of 

 this insinuating mixture, and, creeping with noiseless 

 steps to the head of the bed, would there remain, bowl 

 in hand, whilst the " chochra," or dressing-boy, turned 

 up the coverlid, put on the unconscious sleeper's socks 

 and boots, and shampooed his limbs until he awoke, 

 when, as soon as he began to rub his eyes, the 

 soothing draught 1 was applied ; and its kindly effects 

 would almost immediately demonstrate themselves, 

 for he would allow himself to be dressed " like a 

 good child," and after a cheroot was as mild as new 

 milk. 



Antelope-stalking, the day before, had somewhat 

 knocked me up, and I felt rather stiff on first rising ; 

 but after my matinly cup, a plunge in the tank of the 

 pagoda, and a few whiffs of the " fragrant narcotic 

 weed," the lassitude wore off, and we all three 

 mounted our nags and started for Combei, distant 

 from Andior fourteen miles, where we intended to 

 sojourn for a few days, as a herd of bison was said to 

 be in the neighbourhood. 



As we rode along, D twigged a female sloth- 

 bear climbing leisurely up the side of a rocky hill ; so 

 slipping the two Poligar dogs, AH and Hassan, we 



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