ADVENTURES IN CAMP AND JUNGLE. 7 



to approach within 100 yards. The hunters can either shoot 

 separately or in pairs. If they are content with alternate 

 first shots (which is in my opinion the more pleasant and 

 sociable arrangement), one cart and a pair of bullocks are 

 sufficient for every two guns. The sportsmen should have 

 their own bullocks for this purpose, and they should be 

 good and highly fed. With the light shooting cart they will 

 travel across country all day, and, being accustomed after a 

 short time to the European faces and the crack of the rifles, 

 they will not shy or give trouble when approaching deer. 

 By hiring the village bullocks as required, a good shot is often 

 lost, and the driver being ignorant of his work is a constant 

 source of irritation to the sportsman. The cart such as I have 

 described might be bought in Surat or Ahmedabad for 3 or 

 4, and a pair of really good bullocks would cost about 16 ; 

 but they would be readily sold at the end of the season. 

 Similarly, ponies might be got rid of without loss ; but a market 

 cannot always be found for the more expensive Arab horses, and 

 these are not absolutely necessary in a shooting excursion. 



Leaving the tents, the hunters may ride, their rifles being 

 carried by their attendants. On seeing deer, they should dis- 

 mount at some distance, and, making over their ponies to 

 the grooms, and leaving all superfluous men with them, 

 the guns alone should advance with the cart. They should 

 not go straight at the deer, but make as though they would 

 drive past them, the hunters always keeping the cart between 

 them and the deer. They must on no account drop behind 

 or walk apart from the cart, or the deer will be uneasy and 

 suspicious. 



Should the deer commence to move, and cross the front 

 of the cart, no attempt must be made to head them. If they 

 have the slightest idea that they are being driven, they will 



