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scrutinized the ground on the side by which we 

 had ascended, and were preparing to examine 

 the other side where the spurs ran down into 

 a thick, thorny jungle, composed mostly of bam- 

 boo and bher bushes, the fruit of which all wild 

 animals of the herbivorous order delight in, 

 when Juggoo suggested that he should go and 

 examine a salt lick down below, and endeavour to 

 take up a track from there, whilst I should remain 

 where I was, and await his return. This course 

 I assented to, and he departed ; in about an hour 

 he returned with the intelligence that he had 

 seen the fresh tracks of a fine stag that had visit- 

 ed the salt lick, and that the tracks led towards 

 a spot on one of the spurs where he knew sambur 

 often made their forms. He had, therefore, 

 thought it best to return to me at once, and lead 

 me to the spot. 



We had reached a ridge within about half-a- 

 mile of the spot, and I was sweeping the opposite 

 spur to the one we were standing on with my 

 glasses when Juggoo nudged me, and in a low 

 whisper said, ' Wo hai, sahib,' ('There he is, sir '), 

 and, directing my glasses to the spot he indicated, 

 1 saw a noble stag lying down at the foot of a 

 tree, and had it not been for his occasionally 

 throwing back his head, and brushing the flies off 

 his broad back with his antlers, I should have 



