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Boorar river, down as far as Teekree, on the Mhow and Bombay 

 road ; but though we passed some splendid coverts, and saw 

 footprints in one or two places, we found nothing. Cholera 

 was very prevalent at that time on the high road ; we there- 

 fore crossed without halting, and encamped in the jungle a 

 few miles farther on towards the Nerbudda. 



Still we could find no game, so we moved westward into 

 the Burwanee country. On the way one of our men observed 

 three bears as they entered some long grass on the side of a 

 small ridge, in a bit of open jungle. Having seen them 

 settled for the day, he sent us word, and on examination of 

 the ground we found that the whole family might be easily 

 disposed of. We advanced on them along the ridge, moving 

 very quietly in single file, each man having his gun-bearer, 

 with a second rifle, on his left. On coming abreast of the 

 bears all turned to the right, and as we reached the edge the 

 three unfortunate beasts jumped out of the grass about ten 

 yards below us. "We made very short work of them, and, as 

 our rifles cracked, they all fell in a heap together. We then 

 marched to Nulwye, a small village situated at the junction 

 of the Deb river with the Nerbudda, and nearly opposite the 

 Maun river, where I had made so good a bag with Ward the 

 year before. On the way Bashi and I rode down a young 

 gazelle, and captured it alive. 



On arriving at Nulwye, we found that our men had two 

 tigers marked on an island in the bed of the Deb, which at 

 this season was nearly dry. It was settled that Bashi and I 

 should beat down the island on the elephants, while Cadell 

 and Murray took posts in trees. We had hardly entered the 

 covert when the tigress appeared before Evans. As he raised 

 his rifle, the elephant, checked by a nervous mahout, backed 

 suddenly. Evans was thrown off his aim and missed, but the 



