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afier clap—resounding hither and thither ; and rain fell in torrents, sheets upon sheets.

When next I visited Harwan in the middle of May, spring had given way to early summer. The mountain-sides were dotted over with clumps of yellow barberry and wild pink roses; clematis was in bloom, and honeysuckle was trailing from the trees, On the ground were large wild geraniums, the big purple iris, white dead-nettle, yellow potentillas, strawberry blossom, tom - thumbs, clover, ferns, speedwell, and primulas. The rocks by the stream were often covered with ivy and overhung by sprays of pink roses. While on the mountain-sides, on the northward-facing slopes, .the wild apricot, cherry, and wych hazel, and in the valley bottom willow, mulberry, and walnut, were in full leaf’ And among the birds were now golden orioles} wagtails (white and yellow), king- fishers, herons, water-robins, buntings, grey tits, wren warblers, paradise fly-catchers, bulbuls, thrushes, redstarts, pigeons, doves, and shrikes.

The morning was cloudy and misty, but again with special beauties of its own. Long streaks of mist were drifting along the mountain-sides, all at precisely the same level. Mahadeo, 15,000