CHAPTER VI. 



False "khubber" Buried Cities The stronghold of a Bear 

 Its impregnability The Terrors of the Jungle A native 

 Sportsman Snipe in a Bush An old Story retold. 



THEY arose betimes next morning, and after a 

 very early meal, packed off the remaining camel, 

 while they themselves awaited news from Manajee, 

 who had again gone out in search of bears. An 

 hour or two later news arrived, but not from 

 Manajee. A man came in from a village three or 

 four miles away, bringing tidings of a tiger having 

 been near it during the night, and that some men 

 had marked it down. 



Mackenzie and Nonnan were not very sanguine, 

 as they knew how unreliable very frequently is the 

 " khubl>er" thus casually furnished. However, they 

 would not run the risk of missing a chance, and so 

 accompanied the villager to the place indicated, 

 which, unfortunately, was far from the line of their 

 intended operations on the route towards the new 

 camp. 



