There was no difficulty in obtaining, in the village, the clothes required for their disguises; and one of the sheep intended for the following day's rations was killed, and a leg boiled.
"If we take, in addition to this, ten pounds of flour, a gourd of ghee, and a little pan for frying the cakes in, we shall be able to get on, without having to buy food, for four or five days; and of course, when we are once among the villages, we shall have no difficulty in getting more.

You had better cut the meat off the bone, and divide it in two portions; and divide the flour, too; then we can each carry our share." "I will willingly carry it all, Sahib." "Not at all, Surajah.

We will each take our fair share.

You see, we shall have a gun, pistols, ammunition, and a tulwar; and that, with seven or eight pounds of food each, and our water bottles, will be quite enough to carry up the ghauts.

The only thing we want now is some stain." "I will get something that will do, and bring it with me in the morning, Sahib.