108 A DRIVE AT MIRZAPUR 



lay motionless about ten paces behind where 

 I stood. I doubted whether I had killed him 

 and wished to shoot again, but was prevented 

 by my native, who was afraid it would disturb 

 the drive. 



Before long a large boar appeared. This 

 also received a bullet and fell dead. When I 

 turned to look for my stag, I found he had 

 vanished, and a long and troublesome search 

 was undertaken in vain. The S. bullet must 

 have gone right through him and have simply 

 stunned the brute. In any case a good head 

 was lost. 



A hyena came loping along before me and 

 I shot it as it passed. 



In the second drive a cheetal, a small deer 

 not unlike a roe-deer with poor horns, appeared. 

 Unfortunately I missed. Then came a 

 doe nilgai, a very fine animal. I hit it and 

 my neighbour gave it the coup de grace. Then 

 two fine bears followed, which I missed as it 

 was very difficult to get a good view of the 

 ground. Then, in swift succession, I shot a 

 magnificent peacock and a jungle-cock. 



