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mmyrl gathred us when leavng
the card & fellow.
we went inside & found a lamp,
a tall mmyrl & a woman & baby sittng
around an agre fire. it was warm
& dry and they made us welcome so
we curled up on a tiny but firme
hide & await the cars. They came
in an hour & we unbrded just
outside the yard. it was bitterly
cold & raining hard but we put up
the servants tent & got our beds inside.
The boys even & slept in the yard
& had a comfortable place after their
hard work.
So corbed dinner inside and we
all ate together. The guest was
large with a an immense in the
middle two tiny bits about 6 miles
off the ground at the side, and
several chests at the back. On one
was ranged the family gots & a
Buddhist painting. it was a strange
setting for our dinner, with the
mmyrls gathered around us, but by
this time we had become so accustomed
to being in strange places that in half
an hour it had lost its novelty,
we went back at once to drink
while it was still half light &