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but no bad consequences ensued. This was the last boar 

 which I saw killed on the Samburmuttee. 



In the hot summer evenings we found some amuse- 

 ment at Eheenjah in shooting ducks in the neighbour- 

 hood. The sport was conducted in a lazy manner, for 

 on these occasions we started off in a shooting-cart, and 

 with pipes alight drove down to the bed of the stream, 

 where we halted. About sunset, the ducks would fly up and 

 down the river, within easy distance, and we shot them from 

 the cart. They were large fine gray ducks, with bright orange 

 feet. 



The rains were now not far off, and we had planned an excur- 

 sion in quest of large game in the country towards Lunawarra. 

 Our party consisted of four ; to wit, Ashburner, Arbuthnot, 

 Bulkley, and myself ; and we had secured the services of a 

 good shikaree in the person of old Bheeka, a sergeant in the 

 Guzerat Koli Corps, who, with several of his own men, had 

 been sent on about three weeks before us to examine the ground, 

 and ascertain where tigers were to be found, so that we should 

 lose no time in moving camps in quest of game. 



Ashburner and Arbuthnot had preceded us. Bulkley and 

 I started one afternoon from Ahmedabad, and rode out a stage 

 on borrowed nags. Here we found our shooting-carts in 

 readiness with hired bullocks, our own having been sent on to 

 Kuppurwunj, which we hoped to reach early next morning. 

 But the hired bullocks gave us much trouble, and, at starting, 

 bolted and upset Bulkley; then they shut up, and crawled 

 along at a wretched pace. Fortunately, as the day broke, 

 we got fresh ones from a village, but it was late -before we 

 reached Kuppurwunj. Here we breakfasted, and after a hot 

 ride of many miles we arrived at Beerpoor, where we met our 

 friends. Our carts arrived late in the afternoon. 



