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tif ully covered with stones and sheet rock, which 

 of course was all in favour of the boar, who even- 

 tually beat us by getting into a very large sind- 

 bund from which we found it impossible to 

 dislodge him. We had just ' scratched ' him with 

 our spears as he reached the cover ; but this was 

 all. On our way back to camp I had a shot at a 

 fine buck chikara, or ravine deer, which jumped 

 up close to me, and bowled him over, and this 

 was the only bit of good fortune we had during 

 the day. 



Whilst at breakfast, news arrived of two kills 

 in opposite directions one about four miles off r 

 and the other about six. We determined to go 

 to the nearest, and, on arriving at the place, pro- 

 ceeded to go and look at the c kill ' (a village 

 bullock), which we found lying under a tree on a 

 rocky hill-side, very sparsely clothed with a few 

 trees. One glance was sufficient to show us it 

 was the work of a panther, and not of a tiger ? 

 for the only parts devoured were the stomach and 

 flanks, which had been neatly eat en out all round, 

 whereas a tiger invariably, as far as my experience 

 goes, begins with the hind leg, and eats upwards. 

 In this statement I am corroborated by many 

 Indian sportsmen of far greater experience than 

 myself. 



I am induced here to make allusion to this 



