Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . - shot Alan rolled him over —We started at G in a thick white fog. 226 RIFLE AXD SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. Since we left Agra our road has led through a perfectly flatcountry, destitute of even the semblance of a hill, and nota stream, or even a piece of water bigger than a duckpond,. of ; buck, to break the monotony. Suddenly the sun broke throughthe grey clouds, and the mist rising like a curtain disclosedthe valley of the Jumna and the sacred river flowing in
Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . - shot Alan rolled him over —We started at G in a thick white fog. 226 RIFLE AXD SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. Since we left Agra our road has led through a perfectly flatcountry, destitute of even the semblance of a hill, and nota stream, or even a piece of water bigger than a duckpond,. of ; buck, to break the monotony. Suddenly the sun broke throughthe grey clouds, and the mist rising like a curtain disclosedthe valley of the Jumna and the sacred river flowing in its LA HAUTE EG OLE. deep-cut l>ed beneath. The white minarets of a mosquetowered in the distance above the fog, and beneath lay thetemples of Muttra, with their broad stone steps sloping tothe waters edge. It was the first pretty picture oureyes had lit on for weeks, and came like an oasis in thewilderness. The Arab horse which the Aligarh Tehsildar sent me wasselected as being quiet and warranted to carry a is a confidential animal, and with a new pair of forelegsmight be a pleasant hack; but, whether from weakness orpure cussedness, he stumbles at every other step, andcomes on his head regularly every two or three says all Arabs stumble at any pace but a gallop. Thisone sustains the racial reputation, and added to it by turn-ing a complete somersault as I was cantering
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