42 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



"Ha, ha, sahib!" said Chineah, with a chuckle 

 of satisfaction, for he was extremely jealous of my 

 reputation as a shot ; " master wipe dat gentleman's 

 eye dis time. Him shekarry men now nebber can 

 talkee verra too much, same like when take buck 

 sumbur, at Pykarra. " (This was said referring to 

 an incident which happened some weeks before 

 whilst out sambur shooting at Pykarra, near the 

 Goodaloor ghaut, when after Wedderburn and I 

 had each fired a shot at a buck elk, it was found 

 dead, having only been struck with one bullet, 

 which could not be found as it had passed through 

 the body, and on a question arising between our 

 people, I gave up my claim to the head and skin, 

 much to Ghineah's disgust.) 



" Yes," I replied, " there can be no mistake this 

 time as to who killed the elephant, but you must 

 remember that it was not from bad shooting that 

 Wedderburn sahib did not secure the tail." 



Chineah said nothing, but shook his head as he 

 walked away, for he did not at all like to entertain 

 the notion that Wedderburn was a better shot than 

 his master, which was really the case, as he was 



