BULLET AND SHOT 



teak seedlings make very little show till at least 

 the second year, that portion was very open, and 

 animals in it could sometimes be seen from the 

 high road. 



One afternoon in the monsoon, I went out in 

 the Lakwallie forest behind the plantations, and 

 worked my way round to a point on the Govern- 

 ment road at which I had ordered that my riding 

 mare, sent on in advance, should be kept waiting 

 for me. 



In my round through the forest, I came upon no 

 tracks of bison fresh enough to be worth following, 

 and, having reached the high road, I mounted my 

 mare, and rode towards the Lakwallie bungalow, 

 some six miles off, leaving the men with my 

 battery, etc., to follow. After riding about two 

 miles, I came to that end of the plantation which 

 is furthest away from Lakwallie, and there, in the 

 plantation, but not far from the jungle which borders 

 the latter, I saw a single bull bison out grazing. I 

 dismounted, got out of sight, and went back along 

 the road to meet my men. On returning with them 

 to the place from which I had seen the bull, the 

 latter was still plainly visible, but he then moved 

 off, though leisurely, into the jungle. The men 

 expected that he would emerge again from another 

 point and continue grazing in the plantation, while 

 I felt very much afraid that we should not see 

 him again. 



We had to make a de"tour in order to prevent 

 the wind from betraying us, and then went up to 

 a corner of the plantation, the teak saplings on 



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