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Dismissing Handy Andy with a mild rep- Yimand, he joined the rest of us in a hearty isugh at the irresistibly eomival and fright. ened look of poor Chuddy, who kept shedy the restof the day as ff afraid his raster would change bis moad. We had just finx ished Cinner, wnd ever after, ia speaking ot our Himaisyan expertences, “grilled boots” were referred toasa part of cur “Bill of fare.”

Another day was spent emid this eplendid Alpine scenery, and then we descended to Rajgore, where our Daks were waiting to convey us back over the plaing ta Sahsrua- pore.

At the Mohun Pass, where we exchanged quadrupeds ter bipeds, we fourd 4 native Hajsh encamped with reversal hundred at tendauts. They were on an elephant ard Uger haut; and with the party wore thie or four Englisk officers, whe very polfte:y showed usthrongh the camp eud into the correl,{where there were aboutseyenty wild elephants, all captured within the past week, Several splendid animals wera chetned by the leg te large trees, from which they had twisted in their fury every branch within reach of their trunks, and pawed great holes in the ground. They are allowed to sive free vent to theirrage, and aiter a few days they cool down and become davile and obe- dient. We were much interested in the description of the modus overondi of hunting elephants and tigers, and were strongly in- clined to aceept the invitation giyea us to join the party fora few day’e sport. The possible chance of carrving heme aaa trophy the skin of a “Royal Bengel Viger? was in deed atemptatiun—while the risk of Iraving one’s own skin in India as atrophy to the “Man-eater,” would have been of ne consid. eration whatever, if our other plans bad not rendered this episode impossible,

When we resshed Saharunpore after an absence cf six days, and again taok the cars southward, it eeemed as if we hed been on « Brand pic-nic excursion, which to me bad been mada especially enjoyable by tha se- ciety and companionship of moal sgreeahle and pleasant friends. W. P. F.