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directed him to get his wound attended to by my native doctor, 

 we went after the panther, and after going some distance took 

 his track back to the river, where he had lain up in a close 

 thicket of young mimosa, whence, after some trouble, he was 

 dislodged and slain. 



We found cholera was rife in the village, so we moved at 

 once and encamped at Kotra, near the mouth of the river. 

 At this place we drew the cover blank, and could hear of no 

 tigers. We halted two days, on each of which Futtah shot a 

 nylghae. One of these he had wounded at some distance from 

 the camp, and finding he had no more ammunition with him, 

 he succeeded in driving the bull towards the tents. We were 

 quietly seated, when he rushed in, and, catching up a rifle, 

 went off at his best pace, calling on us to follow. Away we 

 went, and, after a long chase, we overtook the bull and brought 

 him to bag. The marrow-bones of these antelope are very 

 excellent, and we saved them for ourselves, giving the flesh to 

 the men. But though the bull was shot late in the afternoon, 

 the heat was so great that they went bad before dinner-time 

 next evening. From this camp we moved north, and pitched 

 in the jungle at the foot of the hills. We only found one bear, 

 which I wounded but did not get, and we then ascended the 

 mountains and halted at Cheerakan. In the ravines at this - 

 place we collected a number of fossils. In the marl and earthy 

 limestones we found many univalve and bivalve shells, bucci- 

 num, ammonites, etc., and in many places the ground was 

 strewed with specimens of the sea-urchin. 



But we found no game, and ascending into Malwa, we en- 

 camped at Sooltanpoor. In the ravine in which I had formerly 

 shot tigers alone and with Ward, a bear was found, but he 

 escaped into the mountains. Several parties of our men had 



