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sport was due to faulty arrangements rather than to 

 want of game. 



Next day we returned to the station, coursing as 

 we went. 



Scarcely a week had elapsed before I had arranged 

 to beat the same jungle again. Accordingly, on the 

 loth of August, driving out from the station, I arrived 

 at Nayagaon about nine o'clock. The shikari had 

 a score of beaters waiting. We first drove the piece 

 which had formed our first beat on the 3rd, I taking 



the station which had been P 's on that day. I 



hoped to kill some more of the hyaenas, concerning 

 which the natives made bitter complaints. I did not, 

 however, think that these complaints were well 

 founded, knowing the cowardly nature of these brutes, 

 and felt sure a panther had been at work. However, 

 neither panther nor hyaena was at home. I now 

 stopped the beat and mounted my Arab, directing 

 the shikari to let the men recommence shortly, and 

 beat right through steadily till he saw me again. 

 Emerging on to the plain I rode on, passing all the 

 places we had stood at the week before. At last 

 I came to a place which I thought would do. On 

 my right was the main range, on the left a steep 

 hill with a valley each side, both of which I could 

 fairly cover. This would do, as it was obvious that 

 all game the beaters found must either come to the 

 gun or break out over the plain. I had already learnt 

 that they would not cross the main ridge. 



A long time elapsed before I could see or hear 



