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been sent out to villages a few miles off, and on the following 

 morning, at daybreak, as we lay on our cots in the open air, I 

 saw one of them carried in on a litter. This was Tarrachund, 

 a corporal of the Bheel Corps, who had been seized with cholera 

 the night before. He was attended to at once by our doctor, 

 but he was beyond human aid, and died about mid-day after 

 great suffering. His body was at once carried out and burnt, 

 and, aware of the importance of getting away from all traces 

 of the disease, we shifted our tents that evening and encamped 

 on fresh ground. Next day we returned to Sirdarpore, and 

 then moved out six miles to Dutteegaum, where we watched 

 some bear-caves in the evening. A small bear was fired at 

 and wounded, but he escaped among the rocks, and we lost 

 him. This was the last beast which we saw. Our expedi- 

 tion, though a pleasant one in many respects, had not been 

 very successful, but this was fairly accounted for by the num- 

 ber of wild beasts which we had killed in the same district 

 during the two preceding years. My men, too, were so 

 thoroughly up to their work, and so persistent in their efforts 

 to show sport, that hardly an animal escaped them. 



In the preceding pages I have endeavoured to show, from 

 my own personal experience, the various circumstances under 

 which, in a somewhat difficult country, the chase was success- 

 fully prosecuted, and many wild and savage animals were 

 slain, with but a small percentage of damage to human life or 

 limb. To " old shikarees" I have little to teach, but those 

 who are learning their work, or may be induced hereafter to 

 vary the tamer sport of Europe by a campaign in the East, 

 will, I think, find in my narrative some hints worthy of their 

 notice. 



