THE CAMP. 11 



it only remained for the sportsman to develop its 

 resources. Conducted by keen and active Nimrods, 

 with good weapons, a tolerably fair command of, 

 and nerve to use, them rightly when meeting in 

 conflict their more dangerous foes, moderate success 

 could hardly fail to crown their efforts. 



Having described the position and local surround- 

 ings of the camp, let me briefly endeavour to convey 

 an idea of the little camp itself, before narrating the 

 adventures of its occupants. 



The half dozen mango trees of which the grove 

 was composed stood almost in a line due east and 

 west. "Within their shade were pitched two small 

 tents ; one of the sort known as a " Bechoba " 

 (literally without pole), and the other a " Hill 

 Rowtie." Both are of a description the smallest 

 and lightest, and the latter especially, the most 

 portable in use in India. Having but one thin 

 covering, without any " outer fly " or second roof, 

 they were not calculated to resist the full fervour of 

 the mid-day sun ; but, when pitched in the shade 

 of trees, afforded all the shelter our sportsmen re- 

 quired during the day. During the night they 

 usually slept outside, for the sake of the greater 

 degree of freshness obtainable in the freer current 

 of air away from the trees. 



The bechoba, as its name implies, is without any 



