CHAP. xn. A JUNGLE TRTP. 343 



we returned towards the ' amblam,' determined to 

 cross the river after breakfast and try the opposite 

 side. 



When within a mile of the ' amblam ' we heard 

 deer barking, and, leaving all our gun-bearers and 

 people behind, we carefully stalked to the spot. The 

 ground was very favourable, and, having the wind, 

 we reached an excellent position among some trees 

 within sixty yards of the herd of deer, who were 

 standing in a little glade. Wortley and I each killed 

 a buck ; Palliser wounded a doe, which we tracked 

 for a great distance by the blood, but at length lost 

 altogether. 



After breakfast we crossed the large river which 

 flows near the ' amblam,' and then entered a part of 

 the ' Park ' that we had not yet beaten. 



Keeping to our left, we entered a fine forest, and 

 skirted the base of a range of rocky mountains. 

 In this forest we saw deer and wild buffalo, but we 

 would not fire a shot, as we had just discovered 

 the fresh track of a rogue elephant. We were fol- 

 lowing upon this, when we heard a bear in some thick 

 jungle. We tried to circumvent him, but in vain ; 

 Bruin wds too quick for us, and we did not get a sight 

 of him. 



We were walking quietly along the dry bed of a 

 little brook bordered by thick jungle upon either side, 

 when we were suddenly roused by a tremendous ciasli 



