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He returned in the evening with one, a fine buck, which he 

 shot as it bounded out of a nullah. 



January 16th. — "We left early this morning for Baroda, 

 a little village about thirty miles off, and only a short march 

 from Ulwar, where we are going to stay with Colonel Fraser, 

 the Political Resident. On the road we passed several herds 

 of antelope, but could not get a shot. The ayah and heavy 

 luggage were sent on last night ; so on arrival at Baroda we 

 found the tents pitched and tea ready. 



Tuesday, January 17th. — Early in the morning we went 

 to try for an antelope, and after some time got a shot at a 

 fine black buck, but hit him too far back. At first Alan 

 thought he had missed, for the buck bounded off as if none 

 the worse. But Rahman was certain he had heard the thud 

 of the bullet ; so we raced after the herd as hard as we 

 could go. After about a mile's gallop the buck separated 

 from the does, and made for some high dhal fields. He was 

 still going strongly ; we could not gain an inch on him, and 

 soon lost sight of him in the tall crops. Alan raced round 

 to the opposite side, in ease he might go straight through, 

 but he did not come out, and was probably hiding in the 

 dense vegetation. Presently two or three of our men came 

 up, and we sent them through the cover, whilst we waited 

 at either end. It was a long time before they found the 

 buck ; but at last he jumped up in front of them, and 

 bounded out into the open, close to my horse. Alan soon 



