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fast, and the bull also scrambled up on to the ground 

 over which he had foothold ; then he turned round 

 and came at us ; our men tried to back into deep water, 

 and then sprang over the further side of the boat 

 into the flood, and I fired a hurried shot, but the 

 next instant the old man, the boat and I were lifted 

 bodily up and tossed into the air. Nevertheless I stuck 

 to my gun, but the cartridge-bag had disappeared. 

 The bull took no notice of us, but vented his spleen on 

 the craft, attacking it furiously and turning it over 

 and over. Of course, I and the men thought dis- 

 cretion the better part of valour, so swam off into 

 greater depth ; not so the old man. He swam until he 

 got behind the bull, then crept up and with one blow of 

 his " dhaw " hamstrung the animal and it fell. Then 

 the veteran hunter gave a yell which savoured more 

 of a demon's than of a man's voice. 



Campbell's party had met with greater success 

 than even we, as far as the number killed went, 

 but they had not seen a tiger or any rhinoceros. I 

 joined in two other hunts of this nature in con- 

 secutive years, but am happy to say was not tossed 



again. 



NETTING GAME IN ASSAM. 



This mode of sport is also in vogue in Southern 

 India, and when the " Old Forest Kanger," Captain 

 Campbell of Skipness, first described it, it was openly 

 disbelieved, although every word that distinguished 

 sportsman and soldier wrote is the truth, the whole 

 truth, and nothing but the truth. In Assam it is of 

 common occurrence ; every village possesses nets and 



