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shortly before ; so we told him that we found 

 these things so good, and had eaten so freely of 

 them, that we could not possibly eat any more, 

 but that we would take it away with us and eat 

 it later in the day. Our servants, meanwhile, 

 seated on the other side of the room, had been 

 presented with another sheep, of which they 

 made short work, and thoroughly enjoyed them- 

 selves. When we had sat for half an hour and 

 partaken of tea, we presented the Hakim Beg 

 with a choga of silk, and to each of his assistants 

 a gold lungi ; then thanking him for his hospi- 

 tality, asked leave to depart. 



As soon as I got back to camp I put my trout- 

 rod together and had a try at the river. The 

 fish were rather shy, but I got half a dozen, the 

 largest rather over i Ib. in weight. They were 

 of two sorts, one similar to the Kashmir fish, 

 the other very like the mahaseer in shape, but 

 with small scales, and of a general bluish colour, 

 with small teeth in the gills and larger ones in 

 the throat, exactly like the mahaseer. 



We had now no need of a guide, as Barat said 

 he knew the country from this to the Pamirs 

 perfectly. I found Dauvergne had engaged yaks 

 to carry his things over the pass, and told Barat 



