132 INDIAN BIG GAME 



I fired for the point of his right shoulder, and as 

 that did not finish his career I gave him the left 

 barrel on the other shoulder and he rolled over 

 on his side. 



My morning's shot had got him high up on the 

 hip just missing the bone, and had come out on 

 the left side of his paunch, from whence dangled 

 a bunch of fatty tissue which had painted his 

 course through the grass. The delay in following 

 him up probably saved us a mauling, as on 

 skinning him I found the whole surface of his hind- 

 quarters badly inflamed, and when I saw him in 

 the grass, which gave me my second chance, he 

 seemed as if he were walking on stilts, instead of 

 moving with the crouching gait one would have 

 expected under the circumstances. 



This animal was very thick-set and bursting 

 with fat, and stubby. I had not a tape with me, 

 but I took a rough measurement, which panned 

 out at about 9 feet. He was a male with un- 

 damaged fangs, and a very decent ruff, beautifully 

 marked. 



