242 Incidents of Foreign Field Sport. 



soon knocked on the head. So much for Ghur- 

 Chunda. On arrival we were told that twelve bears 

 lived there. We bagged ten and mortally wounded 

 the other two. With the exception of the cubs, all 

 had been the terror of the natives, several of whom 

 they had killed, and mauled and disfigured many 

 others ; in fact their ferocious characters made it 

 doubtful whether they or the residents were masters 

 of the situation. 



" On the 7th and 8th of June, two bears were 

 wounded, but lost. On the 9th there were no less 

 than twelve bears on foot, but we did not bag one. 

 On the 10th, llth, and 12th we wounded several 

 bears, but only secured one. There our hunting trip 

 may be said to have ended, but we did not return to 

 cantonments until the 20th." 



