II.—SIMLA SOUNDS.

I have heard the breezes rustle

O'er a precipice of pines,

And the half of a Mofussil

Shiver at a jackal's whines.

I have heard the monkeys strafing

Ere the dawn begins to glow,

And the long-tailed langur laughing

As he lopes across the snow.

I have heard the rickshaw varlets