Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . y are onlyborrowed to show me, and with no intention of puttingthem on our boat. It was past three oclock when our ekkas arrived. Atfirst I did not recognise them, for our familiar piebald wasgone, and a black pony had taken his place. It appeared thathis indignant owner had removed him from the road, andreplaced him with this animal. By five we are all on board and fairly off, when Santancomes to tell me sorrowfully that the cooking utensilsI had passed are all holes. As a housekeeper 1 l
Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . y are onlyborrowed to show me, and with no intention of puttingthem on our boat. It was past three oclock when our ekkas arrived. Atfirst I did not recognise them, for our familiar piebald wasgone, and a black pony had taken his place. It appeared thathis indignant owner had removed him from the road, andreplaced him with this animal. By five we are all on board and fairly off, when Santancomes to tell me sorrowfully that the cooking utensilsI had passed are all holes. As a housekeeper 1 ledI have lost his good opinion for ever; still 1 cant help 30 RIFLE AND SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. thinking that he has accepted a bribe from anotherboatman and wishes to make us employ him. All the boats are the same, long broadish punts withsquare ends sloping slightly upwards. They are undecked,but, amidship, a few poles and sticks, tied together androofed with reeds, form a sort of hut or cabin. Thesides are closed in with reed mats made to roll upwhen wanted. Everything is very rough, and there is. BOATS AT IlARAMlLA. no attempt at varnish or paint. We dine at one sleep at the other. There is just room for two littlecamp beds side by side. After the sun went down it was bitterly cold. Butthis journey is generally made in summer, when you areglad to sleep out of doors. At half-past nine we turnin. I have piled all my clothes on the bed. Sunday, October 16th.—We had rather a lively night. A SCRATCH CREW. 31 Our boat is followed by the cooking boat with ourservants on board, and their crew sang most of thenight. There were also many rats, who evidently con-sidered us intruders, and once I awoke with a mouseunder my pillow. Several times, the man rowing forwardput his head over the reed screen to tell us when placesof interest were being passed. Early this morning we went through the Woolar are a fair number of wild-fowl about, and atdaybreak Alan went oft i
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