268 Incidents of Foreign Field Sport. 



brute made was even heard in camp, and groups of 

 the people assembled on the adjoining ant-hills, looking 

 or trying to learn what caused the disturbance. At 

 last I got a clear aim and killed her. Waving my 

 handkerchief to the multitude, we soon had Burmese, 

 Karens, Madrassies and Bengalies running towards us 

 at their best speed, so bidding them take the tigress 

 back, and skin and peg out the pelf carefully, we con- 

 tinued our beat, but the row had disturbed this portion 

 of the jungle, so choosing the easiest paths, we made 

 for the Gna-Eein, but before we got there the bellow- 

 ing of a gaur was heard. Shoay-jah was up a tree in a 

 second and down again as rapidly. He said that there 

 was a grand old bull about three hundred yards away, 

 close to one of the salt-licks. We determined to 

 stalk him on* foot, so dismounted, and taking advantage 

 of every bit of cover en route, we got within about 

 seventy yards of the game. We had tossed for first 

 shot and for a wonder I had won, so resting my heavy 

 two -groove rifle against a tree I fired at the point of 

 the shoulder. Down the brute went. Lloyd's rifle 

 went " snick," " snick "- the man had forgotten to cap 

 the nipples the bull recovered his legs, the forearm 

 broken, and as he spun round to make off I fired 

 again and hit him close to the hip- joint. At this 

 juncture of affairs the shikaries were nowhere to be 

 seen, and Lloyd had no caps. I gave him a couple of 

 mine, but they were too small for his gun, so I loaded 

 as fast as I could, at the same time taking ground to 

 my front, while Lloyd went back to the elephants. 

 A loud wailing from Shoay-jah broke the usual forest 

 stillness and proclaimed that his master was walking 

 into him after the most approved fashion ! How the 



