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bushes and high grass we had passed. Rahman and 

 Khaira therefore went back to track him, whilst I 

 stood in front, in case lie should attempt to break. In 

 a short time I saw Rahman beckon, and on going back 

 he pointed silently to a big smear of blood on the grass, 

 and whispered that he thought the bear was lying- 

 wounded in some bushes below. 



" The jungle was very dense, and we made our way 



HI K 1:1; \l; W i.S \ LARGE MALI-'.. 



down the hill cautiously, looking into each clump of 

 bushes we passed. When we had gone about a couple of 

 hundred yards something stirred in front of us, and we 

 suddenly saw the shaggy black head and shoulders of 

 the bear standing behind a rock some thirty yards off. 

 He had evidently heard or smelt us, and was moving 

 his head to and fro. and peering in our direction. A 



