20 DESCRIPTION OF A HUNQUAH. 



fire-works and guns, which assisted them much in 

 urging the animals on towards the nets. When 

 they approached, such confusion arose as is past 

 description. Balls and arrows were flying in all di- 

 rections; some of the party were screaming, others 

 shouting, drums and other noisy instruments beat- 

 ing ; many animals were caught in the nets, but 

 a far greater number escaped, either by leaping 

 over them, or not becoming entangled, and so 

 passing over them after they had fallen. 



Unfortunately, the day on which I was out, no 

 very large animals, or animals of prey, were 

 taken. The Rajah was very angry, and at- 

 tributed this ill success to their neglecting to keep 

 their line properly, so that the game had escaped 

 by retreating to the rear. I was given to under- 

 stand that had a tiger been caught, he would have 

 drawn all the attention of the Rajah and his 

 friends, and that the Rajah most certainly would 

 have given him his death wound. 



The excessive heat of the weather, and the con- 

 stant noise, gave me a violent head-ache, which, 

 added to the sensations arising from the danger to 

 which I was exposed from the balls and arrows 

 flying in all directions, and from which no exertion 



