i o8 Leaves from an Indian Jungle. 



One evening- we saw a herd leave the forest for the open 

 fields surrounding it, in which were counted no less than 

 eleven big stags, while the total number of deer was com- 

 puted at one hundred and fifty, and comprised many smaller 

 " brockets." 



Heads of from 34 to 35 inches in length were almost 

 common in those jungles, 37^ being the biggest pair of 

 horns secured. 



A stroll through the coppices and grassy rides of the 

 Pipalda , jungle in its palmy old days was a wonderful 

 experience to one most of whose shikar has been obtained 

 only too literally at the wringing sweat of his brow. 



The marvellous abundance of gamethe rush of the 

 twinkling legs and spotted hides through the underwood 

 (they never went farther than a quarter of a mile ere 

 pulling up) and the certainty that one's quarry was not 

 a dreamy myth, whatever might be the difficulty of 

 working up to and picking out the biggest stag thisy 

 added to the beauties of that enchanting retired woodland, 

 all combined to form an impression that time can never 

 efface. 



