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their voluminous dresses, and carried off without the 

 observation of the Khandgi. These, therefore, we 

 carried with us, and with such garniture I personally 

 cut a pretty figure. My weapons were so prodigiously 

 long, that their butt-ends considerably overtopped the 

 boundary of my pockets, and gave me thoroughly the 

 air of a highwayman. The exhibition amazed us, but 

 did not appear to strike the natives as extraordinary, 

 who doubtless thought that such was the ordinary 

 walking attire of our nation. 



The unintelligible groom walked foremost with a 

 lantern, and led us across the great quadrangle of the 

 khan to his particular domain. It was a right good 

 stable, comfortable and clean, and in which a horse 

 might rejoice himself. It was full of horses and 

 asses and camels for which last species of animal a 

 stable is only^n occasional luxury. Generally, the 

 track of these hardy brutes lies where there is no 

 stable to be found, and they are wont to travel in 

 such numbers as to defy any ordinary bounds of habi- 

 tation. Here they seemed to be quiet neighbours, 

 and not at all offensive to the smaller quadrupeds. 

 Once on the spot, we managed to get over the diffi- 

 culty of the halters, and as the time of feeding was 

 approaching, we led our steeds out to water. The 

 poor shoeless one was sensibly the worse for his jour- 

 ney, and stuck out his off fore-leg in a manner that 

 boded ill for the morrow. However, they all took 

 their corn well, so we bade them good night, and 



