ADVENTURES IN CAMP AND JUNGLE. 27 



150 yards. Kuiming in a few paces, I fired at a doe ; but by 

 the time the smoke had cleared, the herd was out of sight. I 

 was confident that I had held straight ; but on going up to 

 the spot I found nothing. I followed for some distance in the 

 direction which the herd had taken, and, finding nothing, 

 returned along the base of the hill. Nearly opposite the spot 

 where I had fired, I caught sight of the white stern of a deer 

 among some long grass, and, aiming rapidly, rolled it over. 

 It turned out to be the same deer at which I had fired above, 

 and my first shot had broken both fore legs close to the body ; 

 notwithstanding this, she had managed almost instantaneously 

 to disappear, and, but for my luck in coming across her, would 

 have been lost. 



In the next drive I heard a shot from one of my friends, 

 and soon after a pariah dog which had accompanied the beaters 

 came down in my direction, giving tongue loudly, and evidently 

 after something. Guided by the sound, I rushed off, and crash- 

 ing through a thicket came into an open spot, thirty yards 

 across, in the middle of which stood a mighty grey boar. He 

 was crippled in one of his fore legs, but was able to keep his 

 head to the dog, on whom he fixed his small vicious eyes, his 

 long white tusks gleaming in the sunlight. The instant I ap- 

 peared, he wheeled round towards me, and I believe in another 

 moment would have charged ; but a shot between the eyes 

 bowled him over. 



Formerly tigers must have been numerous close round 

 Dharwar, and, though we never fell in with any, our old 

 shikaree always endeavoured to soothe the pangs of disappoint- 

 ment by assuring us that he had seen many shot in those 

 self-same coverts. He constantly quoted two gentlemen, 

 named .Walker and Campbell, as having been mighty hunters, 

 and I fear we did not always receive the accounts of their 

 exploits in a spirit of meekness. 



