254 RIFLE AND SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. 



for officials and clerks. The servants have a separate 

 encampment, and what with elephants, horses, camels, and 

 bullock-carts we might be taken for an Indian Army 

 Corps on the march. 



After breakfast we went shooting on elephants, and 

 beat a long plain of dry grass. We got a fair number 

 of black partridge, and a few hares and sand grouse. In the 

 evening Alan rode with Yar Singh and two native officers, 



L'OLOXEL FEASEC » CAMP. 



and came across a wild boar in the open, which they 

 speared after an exciting gallop. 



January 22nd. — Our next halt is about fifteen miles 

 distant, and a similar encampment to this one is waiting 

 ready pitched. It was a raw morning when we started 

 at about seven o'clock. In spite of a stove, we feel the 

 cold more in these big tents than we did in our little 

 hill ones. There are several jungles on the road, and 



