470 WILD SPORTS OF BURMA AND ASSAM 



April 22. Jackson was ill with dysentery, so we did not 

 start till late. We saw nothing till after crossing the Gatee 

 nullah. We then saw a rhinoceros, but he declined being shot. 

 Shortly afterwards we saw another ; as he entered a tope of 

 trees we hurried round, and got there just as he leisurely 

 walked out, and killed him off the reel. Its horn had been 

 injured, the root on the muzzle was full of maggots, the 

 stench dreadful ; it would have fallen off in a few days, and 

 in time another would grow up. These horns, naturalists 

 say, are only hairs conglomerated together. We went on 

 to the Poh5omarah river and crossed it. In a tope of trees 

 I had shots at a gaur, but lost it for the time. Jackson shot 

 a hog deer for the pot. In the evening's fishing Jackson 

 caught two, 26, 7 Ibs. each, and got upset. I caught also 

 two 17, 9 Ibs. each. We each lost some others. 



April 23. We moved camp. We came upon a rhinoceros 

 lying down in a running stream and killed it. I then shot a 

 bear. We then lost three rhinoceros, and came upon a very 

 large wild Muckna elephant. Our servants also saw two 

 rhinoceros, and also, I fancy, the same elephant as we did. 

 Seetaram fired at it, as he declared it followed the females 

 and meant mischief. We halted at Basbarie, where there is 

 a deliciously cold stream. 



April 24. We made rather a mess of to-day's sport. 

 We sent a Gurkha orderly and Seetaram to track up rhinoceros 

 we had wounded, but instead of doing so, they had a hunt 

 on their own account, and disturbed the jungles ahead of us. 

 I rolled over a bear, but lost it. After going a long way 

 Sookur came upon fresh marks of a rhinoceros ; the heat was 

 awful, there was not the least shade, or a cloud in the sky. 

 As usual, the rhinoceros had been feeding in circles ; my 

 comrade got disgusted at our slow rate of progress and took 

 shelter under the only tree near. I went on, and in half-an- 

 hour, which seemed like several hours, came upon the beast 

 lying down in a patch of heavy grass, and killed it with two 

 shots in the shoulder. We then saw a cow with a young 

 one; we killed the mother and intended to catch the little 

 one, but one of Jackson's conicals glanced off the old one and 

 went .into the youngster, so we had to kill it. The udder 



