76 WILD MEN AND WILD BEASTS. 



take opium together, as Scotsmen are popularly supposed to 

 take snuff. 



After a drink of warm milk we returned to our tents, 

 shooting partridges on the way. Passing through a bit of 

 jungle, I saw a large hawk fly up from the ground, and on 

 going to the spot found a hare which he had just killed. It 

 was only a little damaged about the head, so we carried it off 

 and had it jugged for dinner. 



Hearing of some bears at a place called Wuggeria, where 

 there were some low hills, we moved our camp there. We 

 found three small table hills lying close together, having their 

 sides covered with stunted trees, while round the tops were 

 precipitous rocks and caves, giving good shelter to bears. 

 A tiger was also reported to frequent the neighbourhood. An 

 old Mahomedan shikaree offered to show us the ground, and 

 we went out under his guidance. He led us along the top of 

 one of these hills to a spot overhanging a mass of rocks, into 

 which we heaved some big stones. Two bears rushed out, 

 and went down the hill at a headlong pace. We opened fire 

 and knocked over the largest, but he picked himself up and 

 went on. We could see he was severely gruelled, and, reload- 

 ing, scrambled down after him. We found him lying in a 

 small ravine, and he at once charged, with loud grunts, but 

 we again bowled him over, and he made off ; being again shot 

 in the rear, he turned and made a last attempt to charge, but 

 was dropped dead. The smaller bear got off unscathed, and 

 we could see him crossing the ravines in his flight for a 

 considerable distance. 



Our leave being up, we had to return to Broach, 



During the next hot season, when we were quartered at 

 Baroda, Hayward and I organised another expedition to the 

 Toorun Mall hill, in the Akranee Pergunnah of Kandesh. 



