TWENTY YEARS AGO 45 



stayed all your leave here I could not 

 guarantee you a shot at one of them. But 

 the hills I speak of are full of game, 

 elephants (which of course you know you 

 mustn't shoot here), tigers, deer of sorts, 

 ibex (which you haven't time to go after), 

 but above all, bison ; and it will go hard but 

 you will get a shot at them, for I have 

 ordered the best shikari about there to meet 

 you at the hut." 



"Is It far from here ? " I asked. 



"Well, the way is a bit rough," was the 

 reply, "and as you don't know it you can't 

 go faster than the syce, so there was no use 

 laying a dawk. My pony will take you all 

 right, but you won't get through in one day. 

 If you are tired of it, come back here ; but if 

 you prefer to run it to the last, go straight 

 down to the coast and catch the steamer 



