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they jerk and form into a kind of biltong, they might 

 have struck work, or pretended illness and have left 

 us. So every now and then we let fly not always 

 anxious to kill but Lloyd bowled over two and I 

 one. I then saw a very large stag standing near a 

 fallen tree, with very fair antlers. He was watching 

 Lloyd and had his body turned away from me. 

 Directing the line of elephants to halt, I advanced 

 alone and got within fifty yards and fired. The deer 

 spun round and went off full score, and but for the 

 " thud" I should have thought I had missed him. He 

 ran for some way, then descended a steep nullah, but 

 in attempting to ascend the other bank, fell back, 

 picked himself up again and ran along its bed. I 

 was sure of him now, so followed as fast as I could, 

 whilst Lloyd went after a large thamine, which at 

 that moment sprung up. I found my stag lying dead. 

 I never shot one greater in bulk, but his horns were 

 only twenty-four and a half inches long. We then 

 turned homewards, carrying the slain on the spare 

 elephants, when we came across a sounder of hog ; 

 several of the sows had porkers just fit for the spit, 

 so I potted two, and Lloyd wounded the boar, and 

 after a long chase secured him. He was only fit food 

 for the Burmese, but had fair tusks, eight and a half 

 inches long. It was with some difficulty we could 

 get these so-called unclean animals on the hatties, 

 as the mahouts would not touch them, and indeed 

 objected to their being placed on the guddees. We 

 got home just at sunset and when close to the bheel I 

 shot a hog-deer. I may here say, wild pigs are clean 

 feeders perforce of circumstances, for where they 

 roam, they can usually find no offal. But if they 



