156 SHIKAR SKETCHES. 



only our individual servants' wages and horses' 

 food was excluded. 



First trip : self, and Captain Clay, 79th High- 

 landers. One shikari, four bullock-carts, one 

 horse each, one field-officer's tent, one hill tent for 

 servants and cooking, one native blacksmith, one 

 4 colassie,' or tent-pitcher, one 'chukler' (a native 

 skin-dresser), one dhobie, or washerman, three 

 dozen soda and tonic water, one dozen claret, six 

 bottles of gin, and three of brandy, a few pots 

 of jam, sardines, bacon in tins, etc., one Crimean 

 bucket each. 



Second trip : self, Lieutenants ' H.'* and ( D.'f 

 R.A. Two shikaris, one peon, one native black- 

 smith, one butler, two colassies, or tent-pitchers, 

 one elephant with * mahout ' and two attendants, 

 one horse each, (Lieutenant Hebbert had two,) 

 eight bullock-carts, twenty-four pack bullocks with 

 Bunjara owners, two field-officers' tents, and one 

 hill tent, one c chukler,' one dhobie, ten dozen 

 soda-water, eight dozen claret, six dozen beer, one 

 dozen gin, one dozen Jbrandy, crockery for break- 

 fast, dinner, etc. The best of stores, comprising 

 tea, coffee, chocolate, jam, sardines, bacon, hams, 

 sausages, potted meats, etc., in fact all manner of 

 c Europe stores ' that could add a little to the 



* Lieutenant Hebbert, R.H.A., now Colonel, R.H.A. 

 t Lieutenant Davidson, now Lieutenant- Colonel, R.A. retired. 



