146 Incidents of Foreign Field Sport. 



belly and under the tail, along the buttocks, and ti 

 lighter red about the legs below the knee, almost 

 approaching to dirty white stockings. A very slight 

 hump, which is lost in the ridge, together with a very 

 slight dewlap, not always apparent, is also character- 

 istic of them. The head is very like that of a wild stag, 

 the facial angle being quite straight, altogether unlike 

 the formation of the gaur, or even of the gayal. I 

 have seen herds of them, but only came across them 

 on two hunting trips once with Charlie Hill, gover- 

 nor of H.M.'s Prison, Manchester, when we killed a 

 fine bull ; and once, some years afterwards, in an open 

 space in the Yomahs, I tracked a herd. It retired to 

 a grove of trees, which formed as it were an oasis in 

 the vast plain ; their spoor, with droppings, was fresh, 

 but to get at them during daylight seemed impossible. 

 I talked the matter over with Shoay Jah and Moung 

 Kyang, the two shikaries, and we decided to start 

 by moonlight at 3 A.M., lie in ambush in the 

 tope of trees, and try and get a shot at daybreak. 

 There were a lot of tigers about. I had shot two the 

 day before, after a good scrimmage, and it is far from 

 pleasant to walk through tigerish grass at any time, 

 particularly by night. But such things have to be 

 done if you are to be successful in circumventing a 

 wary beast like the tsine. Accordingly we were up 

 and away by the time arranged. When we reached 

 our destination we were soaking wet, or rather I was, 

 for my attendants were not encumbered with much 

 clothing, so we sat shivering, longing for the sun to 

 rise. When it did appear above the horizon, we were 

 not benefited much, for we had to lie in thick brush- 

 wood, which could not have been more wet had it 



