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and took a very affectionate leave of him. Human nature is very much 
the same, and but little modified in the expression of its fond propen¬ 
sities, amongst the rudest or the most polished nations on the globe. 
I valued them for their affection, and him for his attachment to his 
native home. Indeed I felt myself the force of the same sentiment. 
“ Where’er I go, whatever realms to see, 
“ My heart, untravelled, fondly turns to thee; 
64 Still to my Albion turns with ceaseless pain, 
“ And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.” 
After a short delay, we mounted our horses, and advanced through 
the valley, which contained many villages, and was very completely cul¬ 
tivated. The sides of the mountains to the right and left, were covered 
with thick groves of pines: they contained also numerous clusters of 
houses, and some handsome villas, with gardens and orchards. The 
road was good, and the ascent so easy, as to be scarcely perceptible. 
Many of the Tangun horses, peculiar to Bootan, and, I was told, the 
greatest part of those that constitute the caravan annually sent to 
Rungpore, are bred in this valley. The number of mares, running at 
liberty with their foals, were rather troublesome to our party, as they 
never emasculate the horses in this country, and by nature they are 
excessively spirited. 
About four o’clock we came to the end of our day’s journey, a short 
stage of about nine miles, and entered Dukka-jeung, a fortress built 
upon the crown of a low rocky hill, which it entirely occupies, con- 
