242 CHOTA HAZREE. 



ficance; but it would be out of place to go into minute 

 explanations upon such matters here. So also we for- 

 bear to go into details about camp management, and 

 the nightly incidents of life encamped in the wilderness. 

 We shall therefore now suppose that the night is draw- 

 ing to an end; the grey dawn is breaking, and the 

 hunter is about to make his final preparations before 

 starting out in search of wild game, which wanders at 

 large in the mighty expanse of the surrounding solitudes. 



The brief repast (the " chota hazree " or " lesser 

 breakfast" of the Indian cantonments) which begins 

 the morning, is quickly finished, and the hunter turns 

 to depart. 



But before he does so, we would make bold to offer 

 a. few words of advice to young sportsmen, as to the 

 prudence, and indeed the necessity of making a few 

 mental notes and memoranda of certain things which 

 he should always carry in his head, before separating 

 himself from his temporary place of abode, for we will 

 suppose the camp to remain stationary during his ab- 

 sence. 



Having decided in his own mind the general direc- 

 tion in which he intends to hunt that day, he should 

 carefully note not only the direction of the wind, but 

 the condition of the weather generally, and observe 

 the set of the clouds, whether they correspond with 

 that of the wind, or otherwise; and note whether the 

 higher atmosphere is undisturbed, or w r hether the clouds 

 are drifting rapidly overhead. 



Nearly all changes in the weather, so far as our 

 humble observations go, may be more or less accurately 

 foretold in this way, as almost all disturbances of the 

 weather at the earth's surface descend from the celestial 



