A Hunting Trip in India 



ley. I was in advance with one of the shikaris 

 and got a quiet shot, and more by good luck 

 than anything else — for I was very weak — I 

 killed. I now began gradually to pick up 

 strength, and when near Astor I got a urial, a 

 kind of wild sheep. 



I had no other experience of note till I got 

 back to Siringur, where I stayed to recuperate, 

 and at the end of August went ofT once more 

 into the foothills, this time after barramieh. 

 In a week's work I killed three, but again 

 became sick, and had to give up and come in. 



I forthwith returned to India, the hot weath- 

 er being by this time pretty well over. As I 

 was very anxious to kill an elephant, I went 

 down to Ceylon, reaching that island the end 

 of October and going out to Kandy. I met 

 a number of Englishmen, who were very kind 

 to me, as were some Eurasian gentlemen. On 

 November i6th I left Minerva for a regular 

 hunt. It was very interesting shooting through 

 the tropical jungle and I had good luck. There 

 were plenty of elephants, but at first I didn't 

 get any, though I shot five spotted deer and a 

 boar. Finally, however, I got two of the big 

 brutes I was mainly after. One of them, which 

 I killed on the 20th of the month, was said to 



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