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very acute, and he used to declare lie could smell bison when 

 the wind was favourable. We had in our camp about a 

 dozen baggage ponies, each with his attendant, and after a 

 successful stalk we generally took these and went out after 

 breakfast to cut up and bring in the meat. We had a sort of 

 pic-nic on these occasions, and it was fearful to see Emaum 

 indulging in his African propensities, and bolting huge pieces 

 of raw bison's flesh. 



We were joined by Emaum and Moideen about four miles 

 from the bungalow on the Kala Nuddee, which we intended 

 to make our head-quarters for some weeks ; so, on the follow- 

 ing morning, sending on our baggage by the road, we each 

 took a shikaree, and started off through the jungle in different 

 directions. 



Our attendants requested that we should trust entirely to 

 them to find the game, and that all our attentions should be 

 engaged in avoiding making any noise by treading on dry 

 leaves and sticks. 



My first shot was at a doe cheetul, at which, however, I 

 would not have fired, had not Emaum urged the want of meat 

 in camp. She was about eighty yards off, feeding in an open 

 glade in the bamboo jungle. My shot took her behind the 

 shoulder, and Emaum's long knife did the rest. He was much 

 pleased at this beginning, and expressed his intention of eat- 

 ing largely of flesh. The deer was soon skinned and cut up ; 

 but Emaum said that nothing must be wasted, and, emptying 

 out the entrails, he packed them in the skin, and so we set off 

 to camp, where we were soon after joined by Hayward, who 

 had shot a sambur. 



One morning, when shooting in this jungle, I fired at a 

 spotted deer, which at once made off, and, as it showed no 

 signs of being hit, I concluded I had missed especially as I 



