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caution combined with prompt decision and boldness 

 of execution. Memo. All this is useless, if you do 

 not use straight j^oiuder. 



When we arrived at the cultivated ground in the 

 bed of the glen, we found marks showinir tliat a 

 large herd of sambur had been very lately feeding 

 on the young shoots of the Indian corn, for the slots 

 were quite fresh, and Walter pointed me out the 

 difference between the tread of the harts to that of 

 the hinds, the former being much larger and broad, 

 and round at the point, whereas the latter is long 

 and narrow. 



One impression, which was very deeply indented 

 In the ground, measured three inches and a half at 

 the heel, and the hind feet appeared to have been 

 brought up to the same mark as that made by the 

 fore, on which account Walter concluded the slot 

 to belong to a heavy hart, who was most likely the 

 leader of the herd ; so we agreed to follow it up. 



We were accompanied by a curious nondescript 

 kind of dog, a cross between an English foxhound 

 and a Bringarry greyhound, which had its ears and 

 tail cropped close to the roots, to enable it to get 

 through the jungle. He was Walter's inseparable 

 companion, and the most highly educated dog I ever 

 saw ; like his master, being perfectly aufait at every 

 kind of sport. In the jungle he never left his 

 master's heel except when set by him on the trail. 

 On scent, no jungle, however thick, or rocks, how- 

 ever steep, could check his course ; no stream, how- 



