THE HUNTING GROUNDS 



THE OLD WORLD. 



PART I.-INDIA. 

 Section 1. — The Deccan. 



CHAPTER I. 



HYDKABAD. — ^MY FIEST DAY'S DEER-STALKING. 



Leave of absence obtained. — My Mentor. — Departure. — Ab- 

 dulla-ben-Ali, the Killadar. — A Banian. — The hill-fort of 

 Bhoonghir. — Old cannon. — Native hospitality. — Visions of 

 deer. — The start. — Plenty of "slots" but no deer. — The 

 Sambur described. — His habits. — A deer-stalker's qualifica- 

 tions. — Hints. — The trail. — Walter's companion. — Tracking. 

 — The sambur's instinct. — The bark of a buck elk. — The 

 game in view. — An anxious moment. — My iirst stag. — Two 

 harts die, a third hard hit. — The chase. — Ponto brings him 

 to bay. — A good shot. — Return to camp. 



In the year 184 — I was a jolly sub. in the old 

 — th Regiment, then forming part of the Hy- 

 drabad subsidiary force, and having got over the 



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