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buffaloes, out of which I bagged a very fine big cow. 

 Coining home had a long shot at a gctona, or red deer. Saw 

 five more of these fine animals in the s&l jungle near camp. 



" Went out in the afternoon. The jungle to the east of 

 this village appears a very likely place for sport. First we 

 saw a bull buffalo, who however spied us first, before we 

 saw him, and made off. As it was getting dusk we did not 

 follow him. Came on a few bison grazing, but was frustrat- 

 ed in my attempt at near approach by a very wary cow. 

 Took a longish shot, and as I fired they all made off, and 

 close to them a large herd of buffaloes. There were also 

 some red deer or " Barasingha " in the long grass. Nearer 

 the village shot a " four-horned deer/' 



To give more than these few extracts might prove weari- 

 some. The writer of them describes more sport with buffa- 

 loes, bison, tigers, bears, and red deer, during the early 

 rains that followed the mtrn'g, of which mention has 

 previously been made. His notes show what a splendid 

 head of game that country once supported. As the country 

 itself is now no whit more cultivated and but little more 

 opened-up than in those old times, this is a particularly 

 clear case of the horrible havoc wrought by the native 

 gunner. Many a tale the writer could unfold concerning 

 the ravages of the poacher and the enormities of the 

 horn merchant in those tracts. 



As regards the danger of hunting the -wild buffalo of 

 those parts, sportsmen appear to be somewhat divided in 

 opinion. The writer of the diaries above referred to only 

 once found himself in a position of danger, and that in the 

 days of muzzle-loading weapons ; and although particular 

 buffaloes are noted to have shown considerable malice in 

 the way of butting trees and making blind attacks on other 



