ADVENTURES IN CAMP AND JUNGLE. 29 



their young clinging convulsively to their necks and waists as 

 they bounded along. To see them spring from tree to rock, it 

 seemed a marvel that the infants did not get their brains 

 knocked out. 



About three miles to the south of Dharwar are the Edee- 

 guttee jungles, which we generally found good for spotted 

 deer and pigs ; but the coverts were very thick, and consisted 

 almost entirely of corinda bushes. These grow to the height 

 of about twenty feet, and are evergreen. The leaves are about 

 two inches in length, and, while the outer part of the bush 

 appears impenetrable, the interior is generally hollow, and 

 affords cool shade to wild animals during the day. The 

 branches are armed with strong thorns. 



We were driving this jungle one morning, when five 

 spotted deer came by me. I was standing at the top of a 

 rising ground, but the bush on all sides was so dense that I 

 could only get a view at one or two places, and then only for 

 distances two or three yards in width. 



I had my eye on one of these openings, and as the deer 

 crossed had a snap-shot at a fine buck. I had hardly time to 

 see whether he was hit, but on the beaters coming up, we 

 examined the track for a short distance and found blood. As 

 we followed the prints, the buck dashed out of a thick bush, 

 and I again fired, taking him behind the shoulder, but without 

 dropping him. He then got away into a very dense mass of 

 bushes, but was discovered by some of the beaters, and, after 

 assuring myself that the opposite side was clear, I again fired 

 and finished him. On examination, we found the three balls 

 had entered behind the shoulder, within three inches of each 

 other. Considering that I was shooting with a 14-bore gun, 

 his tenacity of life was wonderful. 



Immediately to the south of Edeeguttee, about three miles, 



