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" This night I was roused by the cries of ' Reench' 

 so mounted ' Dicky ' and rode about in the moonlight, 

 without, however, viewing bruin ; the yells had 

 doubtless driven him off. 



" May 3rd. Went out this morning to the Litch- 

 mapooram Hill after daybreak. A signal shot was 

 fired by a marker, and a bear pointed out. As she was 

 on tolerably ridable ground and had a good-sized 

 cub with her, I determined to kill her mounted, 

 although I rode 'butcher fashion,' i.e., with only 

 one spur, my injured foot being encased in a slipper. 

 I soon caught her up and speared her through the 

 shoulders. She then pulled up, looking very sick. 

 I rode at her again, and received two vigorous 

 charges. The second time we met, I broke her spine 

 with a thrust, and she gave up the ghost. The cub 

 rushed at my shikarie, but after some trouble, with 

 the help of the small dogs, was secured. Tried the 

 small hill in the evening, but found nothing. The 

 next day I rode over to Torlakoonta early and 

 waited near the hill ; only hyaenas were seen. In the 

 evening, a she-bear and two cubs were viewed, but 

 she was too knowing and would not descend the 

 hill. 



" The next morning I posted the markers as usual. 

 One of them, Murza, gave a false alarm, and drew me 

 away from the right spot, just as two bears were 

 approaching the hill from the Sind-bund. I, however, 

 got back just in time to cut them off from the rocks, 

 .and rode them through the bund. I caught one up 

 in a bit of open ground and speared him. Unluckily 

 the spear-blade broke in a bone and I had no second 

 weapon left. I therefore galloped to the hill, seized 



