Hunting in Many Lands 



we heard much news of the devastation of 

 tigers among the large herds of miserable- 

 looking cattle belonging to the poor villagers 

 roundabout. The thermometer went up to 

 96 degrees in the shade during the day, but 

 the nights were lovely and cool. Thanks to 

 Colonel Fraser, we were fitted out as comfort- 

 ably as we could be, and the luxury of the 

 camp life offered the strongest possible con- 

 trast to my experiences in roughing it on the 

 buffalo range in northwestern Texas. 



For the first two days we accomplished 

 nothing, though several of the cattle we had 

 put out for baits were killed, and though we 

 started and beat the jungles with our elephants 

 whenever we received khubber, or news. Our 

 camp equipage included twenty elephants, 

 forty camels and bullocks, thirty horses for 

 the troopers, and fifty baggage horses. We 

 had seventeen private servants, twenty-six 

 police, fifty-two bearers, and an indefinite 

 number of attendants for the elephants and 

 camels, and of camp followers. An Indian of 

 high position. Sir Salar Jung, was along also; 

 so our total retinue comprised 350 men, in 

 addition to which we employed each day of 

 beaters 150 or 200 more. 



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