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at small bulls, liad I wished, so you must not run away with the idea 



that you have only to walk into the jungles and shoot. A great dea! 



of hard work and perseverance is required before you lay tlie bison 



low ; but there is always a pleasure in the pathless woods which 



never palls, even though the silence is not broken by the crack of 



your rifle. You require to make little or no arrangements when 



you go stalking ; I always take a small tent, thongh it is quite useless. 



Unless it rains, I never go iuto it. It is ranch cooler under a tree. 



The less following you have and the smaller you can make your 



camp the better; the jungle villages are small, the belongings of its 



few inhabitants are not sufficient to cope with the demands of a 



large cimp. They have only enough for their own needs, and they 



do not care to sell you what they want for their own use. They are 



very obliging, and will do what they can for you in the waw of milk, 



&c, but the way to be popular and get sport is to interfere with 



them as little as possible. You do not want shikaries. Every jungle 



man is a born tracker. If a man likes to come with me I do not 



object, but as a rule the native has an unconquerable aversion to leav- 



iug his lares and penates, so yon get fresh men at every camp. For 



anxiety to please you, hard work, endurance, and cheerful interest in 



your sport, the simple native of the jungle takes the first prize. Many 



of them are thoroughly imbued with the sporting-instinct, though they 



never can understand why you do not fire at does and cows. A doe 



sambur they consider excellent material to fill their stomachs with, 



and when they see a prospective dinner cantering off uuharmed they 



are much disgusted. This is their only failing. It is a mistake to 



get up before sunrise, the day is quite long enough if you get up 



with the sun, at about 5-30. A. m. Having taken a cup of tea or coffee, 



and a basin of porridge and milk, you ought to be under weigh at 



C-30 am. Take plenty of water with you, asunder a hot sun, when 



the water is finished, you are soon Jiors de combat. Each of your 



men will carry his own water gourd, but it is advisable to take for the 



men a couple of chatties full of water which one man can carry slung 



to each end of a bamboo. This is generally a great scarcity of 



water in bison ground, the water holes being few and far between, 



the animals wander miles from water, and you may not see any 



water all day. I always have two large chaguls full of water carried 



for myself, and have sometimes found I had an insufficient supply. 



It is important to see to the supply for your men, as they knock up 



very soon when the water is done. You will want little to eat 



