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a bullet in his brain. Whilst we were thus en- 

 gaged, a continued file firing was kept up below ; 

 so, having made sure that our own game was secure, 

 we joined the Doctor, .who had killed a female and 

 wounded a male (the one I subsequently killed). 

 The Ghoorka had wounded another female, and, as 

 he thought, killed her ; but when he was about to 

 secure the tail, to his surprise and consternation 

 she got upon her knees, and would have made off, 

 if he had not luckily managed to divide the 

 tendons of her leg with a cut from his short sword, 

 and prevented her from moving any distance. The 

 continued firing we heard were his subsequent 

 attempts to finish her, which at last he managed to 

 do, to his own intense satisfaction. Having secured 

 the tails as trophies, we returned to the swamp 

 where we had left the rest of the people, and 

 sending back some of them to watch the tusks 

 until the bodies should be sufficiently decomposed 

 to allow them to be pulled out, we made the best 

 of our way to the tent. We remained hunting 

 with various success in this part of the Dhoon for 

 ten days longer, after which we returned to Fred's 

 comfortable quarters at Dehra. 

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