Cakes & Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious

CHAPTER XVII

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"CAMPING OUT"

The ups and downs of life--Stirring adventures--Marching on to glory--Shooting in the tropics--Pepper-pot--With the _Rajah Sahib_--Goat-sacrifices at breakfast time--Simla to Cashmere--Manners and customs of Thibet--Burmah--No place to get fat in--Insects--Voracity of the natives--Snakes--Sport in the Jungle--Loaded for snipe, sure to meet tiger--With the gippos--No baked hedgehog--Cheap milk 192-205