456 WILD SPORTS OF BURMA AND ASSAM 



walked a large bear within 10 yards of me, looking up at me 

 like an idiot. I fired perhaps a second before Barry, who 

 half-deafened me by firing past my ear, within a yard of it. 

 She rolled over, and another shot from me and two from 

 Subrooden did for her. It turned out to be Ursus labiatus, 

 a beast unknown in the Province, where only the Ursus 

 tibetanus is generally found. Jerdon, the naturalist, would 

 not credit it until I produced the skin with the head still 



PADDING A BEAR. 



From a Photo by /". Burges, Esq. 



attached to it. How it came there I do not know ; I never 

 came across another like it in Assam, though I shot many 

 afterwards. 



From the iQth to the 26th we were constantly marching. 

 It is a curious fact that nullahs, or rivulets, which during 

 the night are running streams, are dry during the day. We 

 could scarcely credit it until we ascertained the fact for our- 

 selves. We shot enough black partridges, florikan, and deer 

 to feed the camp, but did not come across anything dangerous. 



