DELIGHTS OF A WARM TUB AFTER A DA TS FAG 389 



completely disabled. Otherwise, however, he was dangerous, 

 as he lunged out with his horns and snorted at us whenever 

 any one approached too near. 



A second shot through the neck finished him off; after 

 disembowelling him and breaking him up, we made tracks for 

 camp, which was distant quite eight or ten miles. My men 

 took as much of the meat with them as could be conveniently 

 carried. En route we passed numerous varieties of feathered 

 game, such as imperial pigeon, jungle-fowl, pea- fowl, and 

 pheasant. 



Not having a shot-gun I did not fire at anything. I make 

 it a point never to take a shot-gun with me when out after big 

 game, as I do not wish to be tempted to fire at birds. No 

 sportsman, in fact, who is out after anything larger than a 

 sambur should ever carry a fowling-piece. Should his larder 

 require replenishing, however, jungle-fowl, pheasant, and even 

 pea-fowl may often be obtained in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of camp. There is always a risk, of course, of disturbing 

 any animal which may be lying up close by. 



My new camp had a very pretty site, under a large banian 

 tree, situated on the banks of the Nampan stream. 



A pleasure which sportsmen only can experience and 

 enjoy, is to find ready on their return to camp, after a hard 

 day's work, a warm tub, to be followed by a comfortable 

 dinner, washed down with a pint of light ale, and the comforts 

 of a long arm-chair, with the soothing influence of a cigarette 

 or cigar. These make life worth living when one is under 

 canvas. 



During the night, should you sit dreamily in your chair or 

 loll in your camp-cot, before dropping off into well-earned 

 sleep, you will hear the hundred and one sounds which 

 emanate from a tropical jungle, sounds which are to the 

 sportsman refreshing and musical in the extreme ; the short, 

 sharp, hoarse bark of the "ghee," or barking deer, from a 

 neighbouring hillside, or the bellow of an old bull tsine or 

 gaur comes floating on the night air when all else is still. 



Should the remains of any animal which has been shot be 

 anywhere in the vicinity of the camp, the sportsman may 

 perchance have the good luck to hear the roar of a tiger which 



