CHAPTER XVI1L 



A native Letter Its Contents The Reply Black Partridges 

 A Visit to the Chiefs Description of the Dwelling Native 

 Liquor Nautching Manajee's Farewell. 



ON the Monday, the shikarees were unable to 

 find the fresh tracks of any tiger, so the sportsmen 

 determined again to move their camp, and by night, 

 for on the last occasion all had suffered severely 

 from the day march. Among other circumstances, 

 one of the terriers had been brought in on a man's 







head, more dead than alive ; and one or two of the 

 fowls had died on the road in their basket. 



During the day, a messenger came in from the 

 chiefs, and, after application to the servants, was 

 introduced to the presence of the hunters. Carrying 

 in his hand a long iron-shod staff an emblem of 

 his position as an Hurkara gaily trimmed with a 

 woollen tuft of variegated colours, he advanced 

 salaaming, and unfolding a piece of cloth he carried, 

 produced, with every appearance of reverence and 

 respect, a small flat muslin bag. This he presented 



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