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but it turned out to be the tigress ; she had never moved after 

 the last bound she gave, but must have fallen dead. There 

 was not much of her left, and that very offensive, but I cut 

 off the head and padded it. 



I saw lots of buffaloes, but did not fire at them. I reached 

 Koliabar about 2 p.m. and put up with Tye, the tea-planter, 

 a capital sportsman, who had slain numerous tigers and gaur> 

 which were plentiful on his own tea estate. We tried shooting 

 here, but beyond getting a few deer and a couple of buffaloes, 

 did nothing. There were plenty of marks of tigers and 

 rhinoceros about. I bought Tye's two elephants ; the larger 

 had a calf which he presented to me ; the other elephant was 

 only useful for baggage, as she had been cut by a rhinoceros, 

 and would not go into the same field with one. She was as 

 good as a pointer in that respect. 



March i. Rode to Deopani, expecting to meet the Super- 

 intending Engineer and his brother, who was the Executive 

 Engineer of the Upper Assam Division, but he had not arrived. 

 This was a beastly hole, in dense jungle, so I moved back to a 

 nice open spot on a river five miles distant. There I was kept 

 kicking my heels about for a whole week before the magnate 

 arrived. I saw lots of marks of game, but the jungles had 

 not been burnt. 



At last Sam Davis arrived. He was very consequential, 

 and wanted to know why I had not remained at Deopani. I 

 told him I was within call, and that he alone was to blame, as 

 he was a week behind time. I pointed out the unsuitability 

 of Deopani for a camp, and advised him and his brother to 

 accompany me to my huts, where they would have everything 

 they required. This, after grumbling by Sam, they agreed to 

 do, and I went back to have dinner ready for them. We then 

 marched back to Govvhatty, the brother returning to Dee- 

 brooghur. Sam was not a bad fellow, but very consequential. 

 He had been very lucky as a speculator, and had shares in 

 the Murree brewery and other companies, and when he died 

 about two years afterwards, he left some ^2O,ocx> to a daughter 

 whose existence no one had dreamed of. 



Towards the end of April the Superintending Engineer and 

 I were at Goalparah, and Colonel Comber came into camp- 



