266 GUN, RIFLE, AND HOUND. 



which I hoped we should have another use before the 

 day was out. 



The herd, we found, were lying in the big jungle, 

 At the first drive we moved them, but the ground 

 was rather more than two guns could cover, and they 

 passed without being seen by either of us. As far as 

 I could make out they had gone towards the hills, 

 rather to the west of the valley where I had stalked 

 them six weeks before. Here there was a long valley 

 which ran parallel with the edge of the plain, from 

 which it was separated by the main hill. It communi- 

 cated with the plain by a gorge at right angles to 

 both, which entered the valley about a third of the 

 way up. 



I ordered the shikari to take Mac round to 



the west of the valley and place him behind the ridge 

 up to which it ran, with the main road behind him. 

 I would enter the valley by the gorge, while the 

 beaters went to the east and beat it right along. 



Before the beaters reached me, I saw an animal 

 moving up the valley far above me. My glass soon 

 showed it to be the bull, and I felt sure that I should 

 not get a shot. Still, I ordered the beaters to stand 

 still, and hurried towards him, taking advantage of 

 every possible bit of cover. Of course, it was no use ; 

 before I was within two hundred yards of him, he 

 moved on again, only to halt right on the sky-line. 

 Very fine he looked, the position increasing his 

 natural size, which was about that of an Alderney 

 bull. Presently he moved slowly over the ridge and 

 was lost to sight. 



