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trouble in finding her. At length we caught sight of her, and 

 she was instantly slain. She was accompanied by a cub, and, 

 springing down, we hemmed it into a corner and captured it 

 alive. We took it home to the camp, where it was fastened 

 by a dog-chain to a peg before the tent. About midnight I 

 was awoke by Murray calling out that the bear was loose, 

 and on jumping up I saw it making off to the jungle. Shout- 

 ing to the servants to loose the dogs, we gave chase. A soft 

 haze hung over the forest, but the moon being bright, we 

 were able to keep the bear in view. My trusty Batchelor 

 shot by me, and in another moment was hanging on the ear 

 of the bear, which shrieked in a fiendish manner. We carried 

 him back to the tents, where he was properly secured. Our 

 night-dresses, consisting of flannel shirts and wide cotton 

 drawers, were much damaged by the thorny bushes. 



Next morning two bears were marked down on the side 

 of a hill about two miles from our camp. They lay among 

 a mass of broken rocks near the summit, which was flat 

 and thinly wooded. We had ascended the hill, and were 

 within fifty yards of the spot from which we intended to 

 fire, when a gun was accidentally discharged. Knowing 

 that the bears would be alarmed, we rushed forward, and 

 saw them going down the hill at a headlong pace. Many 

 shots were fired, and all, I believe, missed. Fortunately some 

 of our men were below, and, seeing them, the bears turned 

 along the face to the right. We reloaded, and, running till 

 we nearly dropped, crossed over the table-land and posted 

 ourselves along the crest. Eventually we bagged not only these 

 two bears, but also a third, which was driven up by the men. 

 I believe each of my companions got one : none came to me. 



We then moved farther west into the Burwanee jungles, 

 bordering on the Sathpoora hills, and encamped under a huge 



