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savannahs there are numerous sambur, hog deer, hogs, and 

 tigers now and then ; occasionally gaur, and even tsinc. We 

 saw some thamine and tried to stalk them, but they were 

 too cunning, and we failed to bag any. On entering the 

 savannah opposite, I shot a hog deer with rather nice 

 horns. 



We then breakfasted, and on resuming hostilities all the 

 luck fell to my comrades, and they fired away as fast as they 

 could load, and they missed at least half-a-dozen, whilst I did 

 not get a shot. Liardet then bagged a sambur ; up to three 

 o'clock Lloyd and Liardet monopolized all the luck. Lloyd 

 got nothing, whilst Liardet was credited with a buck and a 

 doe. At last I killed one and wounded another, which we 

 followed on foot. Lloyd came upon her and killed her. 

 Towards evening I took a snap-shot, and killed one more. 

 As we were then seven miles from Banlong we went towards 

 home, and got there at dark. 



We had a long confab with the local shikaries, who were 

 Shoayjah, Moung Wine, and Moung Oo ; they said if we 

 would go twelve miles further inland we'd get better sport ; 

 so we moved camp next morning, Liardet and I on one 

 elephant going ahead. We agreed to fire at no deer, as near 

 Myetquin we might expect to come across big game such as 

 buffaloes and gaur. We saw herds of deer, but true to our 

 compact we did not fire atone ; but Lloyd could not resist the 

 temptation, and blazed away, but had nothing to show for his 

 expenditure of ammunition. The next day (7th) we were 

 out early. Lloyd would fire at deer, so we all took to blazing 

 away at anything we saw. The Brigadier bagged three sambur, 

 Liardet also three, Lloyd one, and I two. 



On the 8th we followed up tracks of gaur and tsine, and 

 so got out of the kine grass into the heavy forests, and so 

 lost much time. By the evening Lloyd had two, Brigadier 

 two, Liardet lost two ; I only got a hog deer. 



We moved back to Banlong on the 9th, and I at once saw 

 the capabilities of Myetquin as a head-quarters for sporting 

 purposes, and as soon as I got back I sent out materials and 

 carpenters and had a bungalow built there. There is a large 

 bheel at Myetquin, and between it and the Yomahs there is 



