CHAPTER IX. 



A Banquet for the fowls of the air Preparations for a storm 

 The storm Its results. 



THE hunters were too much done up to attempt 

 a hunt at any distance on the following day, even 

 had the shikarees been able to mark anything down. 

 But the latter were just as much fatigued, and 

 equally incapable of going out in the morning. 



Mackenzie's feet were greatly swollen and blistered, 

 and remained so for some days. His lighter com- 

 panions, however, escaped this effect of their unusual 

 exertions, but were nevertheless glad of a day's rest. 

 This enabled Hawkes to superintend personally, to 

 his exceeding satisfaction, the collection of all the 

 fat after the skin of the bear had been removed. 



It proved to be a particularly large and heavy 

 male, and yielded a fine supply of grease. It was 

 only brought into camp in the course of the morning, 

 when it was found that, out of nearly double the 

 number of bullets fired from first to last of the 

 engagement, nine had taken effect in various parts 

 of the body. 



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