After Asiatic Roe-deer. 



ab^uVToe-deer being there for presently we saw one come out 

 of some bushes. He was on the far side of the ravme, a matter 

 of some hundred and eighty yards, but I determmed to risk a 

 shot which hit him rather far back, and he went off down below 

 whither we followed, tracking him by the blood trail. The 

 ground was covered with thick bush and grass jungle, and though 



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we saw him once he crawled into the bush and eluded us. Nurah 

 said we should get him later on, but, as a matter of fact, we did 

 not, although I had a glimpse of him again but not of sufdcient 

 duration to bring him down. I was sorry to lose the buck as one 

 naturally dislikes leaving a wounded animal, the whole ethics of 

 sportsmanship being based on its retrieve. 



I returned to camp at ii o'clock, going out again in the 

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