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 time," he replied; "but ask Hoosein, or any one, they will all tell you the same."

In the evening, when all were assembled as usual, my father took me to task about my faint-heartedness, as he termed it.

"This will never do, my son," said he; "you who ran in upon the tiger so nobly ought not to shrink from such child's play as this; you must be a man, and behave better, and remember you have eaten the goor."

"For shame, brother!" said Hoosein; "do not speak so to the Sahib-zada; remember you were no better yourself at first; do you not recollect the business at, and what difficulty I had to persuade Gunesha that you were in reality good stuff? Let the Sahib-zada but see one or two more of these affairs, and he will be quite a different person, he will become a tiger at the work. I do not fear, my son," said he, turning to me and slapping me on the back; "worse men than you have begun better, and ended in being chicken-hearted fellows, only fit to dig graves and be scouts. Old Hoosein never yet was mistaken in any one, and you, Inshalla! will surpass your father. Only let him," continued he, again addressing my father, "let him see one or two more affairs, and then try his hand him-