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" No," replied Hawkes ; " but from what I did 

 see, lie is a whopper. What's to be done now ? 

 Here come the beaters out of the jungle." 



" Let us go to Mac, and consult ! " 



This they did ; and were shortly joined by Mana- 

 jee, with quite a different expression of face to that 

 with which he had entered the jungle. The elonga- 

 tion of his round, bullet-like countenance intimated 

 how crest-fallen he was at the \vant of success at- 

 tending the beat from which he had anticipated 

 such splendid results. 



"It is a piece of very bad luck, Sahib/' he said, 

 dejectedly. " All three to get away, after being so 

 well marked down and driven out, is strange. Thu 

 hands of the Sahibs are light to-day, or some evil 

 spirit turned aside the bullets." 



" Arree, brother ! not so ! " said a little fellow who 

 then joined the group. " They passed under my 

 tree, and I saw that the Sahib had fed them well 

 with bullets. One was wounded here, and here 

 and suiting the action to the word, he placed 

 his hand first on his bare shoulder, and then on a 

 still more prominent part behind. (i Blood was 

 dropping." 



" Is it true ? Sahib, did you hit one ? " asked 

 Manajee, excitedly. 



" Yes, I hit one," was the reply. " You had better 



