CHAPTEE IV, 



Landing in Guzerat Saras shot Broach Quail-shooting Expedition to 

 Nandode Tiger-shooting at night from Platforms Tiger missed An 

 untoward Snooze Sliced Hyaena Opium-eaters Bear shot Bear shot 

 near its Cave Gratuitous Feast to a Tiger Panther shot Toorun Mall 

 Hill A Tiger poisoned Smoking out a Tiger Dubka Big Boar 

 wounded Boar slain Alligators One shot Pebbles in Alligators 

 Powaghur Sambur-shooting on the Hill Thrilling Adventure with a 

 Goat. 



IT was late one evening when our boat reached its haven in 

 the creek known as Tunkaria Bunder, one of the chief ports 

 in Guzerat for the export of cotton and opium. Notwith- 

 standing the great trade of the place, there were no facilities 

 whatever for the landing or shipping of goods, and the 

 coasting vessels were simply moored to the bank of a muddy 

 creek. 



We were. all glad to get ashore. The caste of many of 

 the men had prevented them from cooking on board, and they 

 had subsisted during the voyage on parched grain and sugar. 

 These now set to work to collect material for a heavy feed ; 

 but, as it was too late to pitch tents, we all returned to sleep 

 on board the boat. I had my bed made in the stern of the 

 vessel, and made up my mind for a comfortable night's rest. 



About midnight I was awakened by finding my cot flying 

 across the boat, and I was brought up against the side in an 

 avalanche of boxes, etc. There was a great outcry among the 

 men, and on extricating myself I ascertained that the boat, 

 which had been moored on the mud, had been left by the 



