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but as soon as the dhol (drum) and serinai (oboe) sounded, they started cat-calling and made the earth fly. The Khattak is as responsive to the serinai as the Highlander to the regimental slogan, but he is more demonstrative. It is a good thing to be by, when the ---- Rifles leave camp. At the first sound of the dhol and serinai the Khattak company breaks into a wild treble shriek, tailing off perhaps with the bal-bala, the Pathan imitation of the gurgling of the camel. The Sikh comes in with his
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Wah Guru-ji-Ki-Khalsa, Wah Guru-ji-Ki-jai! and the Punjabi Mussalman with his
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Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah ; or he may borrow the Khattak's bal-bala, or the British
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Hip, hip, hooray!