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wounded, charge most desperately several times, 

 perhaps their assertion is correct. The one I killed 

 certainly was a most formidable-looking customer, 

 having great yellow eyes and long black whiskers, 

 but the fur was soft and silky as velvet. The next 

 four days afforded us no sport except an old she- 

 bear, which was killed by B and D whilst 



enf^aged in eating the fruit of the " mowra " tree ; 

 but I was very much struck with the singular and 

 ingenious manner in which the Mulchers of this 

 part of the jungle catch spotted-deer and antelope. 

 They cut strong pieces of the creeping-bamboo about 

 a quarter of an inch in diameter and four inches in 

 length, leaving the curved sharp-pointed stout thorn 

 that grows out of the joint. In the other end of this 

 is a notch, in which is fastened a piece of strong fibre 

 made from the aloe, about eighteen inches in length, 

 to the end of which is attached a small round pebble 

 by a hole drilled in the centre. In some parts of 

 the jungle is found a small sweet-tasted gourd, 

 somewhat shaped like a cucumber, and of this both 

 spotted-deer and antelope are particularly fond. 

 The natives, being aware of the fact, bait a number 

 of these hooks with this fruit and throw them 

 in the runs ; the deer unsuspiciously begin to eat 

 them, and finding the string and pebble knocking 

 about, they bend down their head and attempt to 

 break it off by treading on it witli their fore feet, or 

 striking it with the hind. In either case, the chances 

 are that the cord gets between the division in the hoof, 



