Jungle By-Ways in India 



'day, as the first streaks of dawn were tingeing the 

 sky red. 



We went due east, as I wished to climb the 

 Dindaburu Hill, 2480 feet in height, to have a 

 look at the surrounding forest from that elevated 

 post. After proceeding for about an hour we 

 picked up the tracks of a bison who had passed the 

 preceding night. After following these for some 

 time we had to give them up, as they led in the 

 opposite direction to that in which we had to go. 

 A sambhar's fresh tracks did likewise, and the 

 next three hours proved uneventful. 



We had now reached the outer slopes of Din- 

 daburu, and began to wind up round the hill. 

 Tracks of game abounded in every direction, and 

 bison were evidently numerous in the locality. 

 Pea-fowl and a few monkeys were all we saw, 

 however, and we reached the summit at 11.30. 

 The view was not as good as I had hoped for, 

 as the summit was partially clothed with trees. 

 We came up along a watershed, and this we found 

 divided, giving two separate peaks with a steepish 

 valley between them. I lunched here, and we then 

 set off down the slope again. We had dropped 

 down the first steep portion, and I was engaged 

 in making notes on the forest here, when a ' hist ! ' 

 from Bishu made me drop pencil, tape, and note- 

 book and seize the rifle. I looked round to see 

 him glaring ahead and making frantic signals for 

 silence. We squatted, and he crawled ahead. 



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