.Round the Camp Fire. 173 



On the last day of tfae expedition I got a severe attack 

 of jungle fever, and the exertion of riding thirty-two miles, 

 and driving twenty-seven more, while under its thrall, 

 aggravated "it and brought on a bad attack of dysentery ; 

 which until lately prevented me from carrying out my 

 intention of disclosing this terribly destructive system of 

 collecting ' sporting trophies ' elaborated by ' Ishnaag.' 



I wrote to Ishnaag the other day, asking him whether 

 he had any sporting trophies of bison, sambar, chital, 

 tiger, panther and bear and, if so, what were the prices 

 thereof, " well stuffed and set up." 

 His reply, just received, runs thus 

 41 We have the following at present : 



Rs.. 



One tiger skin .. . ... 300 



One ,, . 2#o 



One black bear 80 . 



One panther ... ... ... ... ... 1*0 



One ,, .,. 100 



One .,, .i 98 



One ~. ... 85 



One sambar head (33 inches) ... . w 80 



One ,, (35 inches) 75 



One ,, ,, (3oi inches) . 65 



One ,, ,, in velvet (29 inches) .... ... 60" 



Ishnaag, by the way, also writes that he has "some 

 very good specimens of Boers heads " at Rs. 40 to Rs. 50 . 

 which proves that war is war after all, in spite of Eng- 

 land's pacific policy in South Africa ! 



Ishnaag thus appears to make a very fair thing out 

 of his connection with the local shikaris. Perhaps it 

 would not be going too far to say that the influence of Ish- 

 naag is felt for a radius of at least fifty miles. As the 



