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animals, the wind also being favourable. Seeing me 

 stop, the camel-drivers very nearly spoiled the whole 

 arrangement or bandolast by stopping also, and it 

 required the most vigorous gesticulation to cause them 

 to move quickly ahead, preserving their original direc- 

 tion, before the game should take alarm. Being still 

 within sight of the drivers in their elevated position, 

 but not of the game, I was able by signs to direct the 

 course of the two camels, so that by making a wide 

 circle they might reach a point on the far side of the 

 field, and then drive the game towards me, which I 

 hoped might leap the fence at some place within shot 

 of my position. This was exactly what occurred. 

 The band of deer halted for a moment after taking 

 the fence, giving me time to pick out the finest pair of 

 horns, to aim just behind the shoulder of the bearer, 

 and fire, securing a lovely specimen of chincahra. 



Game now commenced to be exceedingly numerous ; 

 deer were to be seen in every direction, and bird-life 

 in the form of partridges, sand grouse, pigeons, 

 occasionally a bustard, damosel cranes, and other 

 species were observable frequently. Cultivation, on 

 the other hand, became less frequent, and we soon 

 entered a large bir with a slightly undulating surface 

 stretching south as far as the eye could see. Almost 

 immediately I caught sight of a large herd of the 

 beautiful Indian antelope feeding in a wide open space, 

 and containing several fine bucks among their number. 



From the extensive view obtainable off the back of 

 one of the camels, it was evident that no inconvenient 



