AN INDIAN CHAMELEON 



the best of health, and the general scheme of the gardens 

 was excellent. 



We made an early start for the jungle, and at first 

 that new cart seemed to fulfil all the claims of its 

 designer. Sixty miles a day, however, appeared to 

 be rather under than over what ordinary horses could 

 accomplish with it. Then my views suddenly changed 

 completely. Some part of the mechanism gave way, it 

 collapsed, and I found myself sprawHng on the roadway 

 beside a damaged camera. However, matters were 

 not quite so serious as they appeared at first sight, 

 and within half an hour we were off again, with the 

 result that we reached the assistant game-keeper's 

 camp before nightfall. 



They had good news for me. " Pug " marks of 

 tiger had been seen near by, so as soon as daylight came 

 I went out and fixed up a shelter in a tree close to the 

 water-hole. But, though I waited all day, nothing of 

 interest happened. At last, being stiff and tired, I 

 set my flash-light apparatus so that it would go off 

 if any animal passed in front of it during the night 

 and started back to camp. I had not got far, however, 

 before I came upon the finest chameleon it has ever 

 been my luck to find. Not having another camera with 

 me, I caught him and took him along, intending to make 

 some studies of him in the morning. Unfortunately, 

 when morning came I thought he might be hungry, 

 so put him on a tree to feed. Ten minutes later he 



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