CHAPTER II 



Bison in Malabar A sporting herd Tropical forest in the monsoon 

 Bamboo forest Stalking difficulties I wound a bull The herd 

 charges I turn the herd and kill a cow Track up the wounded 

 bull The Central Provinces again Come upon a bull My tussle 

 with the bull A missfire An awkward predicament Anxious 

 moments Death of the bull. 



A SPORTING HERD 



p ^HE following account of an adventure 



I had with a herd of bison some years 



ago down in Malabar appeared in the 



Indian Field shortly afterwards. I 



reproduce it here, as it throws light on the habits 



of this fine animal. 



It was the darkest hour of the night the hour 

 preceding dawn as we left the Swiss chalet- 

 like wooden bungalow, situated picturesquely by 

 the side of a small winding stream at the foot of 



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