384 THE EASTEKN HUNTEES. 



as it was a most unfavourable shot, I did not 

 fire. 



" We pugged and pugged, with little intermission, 

 for the best part of the day ; but the beast was 

 often evidently only just disturbed by our approach, 

 and made off to some other place not far distant ; 

 so that, as the scent was warm, and any moment 

 might give me a chance, the men, though wearied, 

 held on. 



" At last, we so pushed him, that we made him 

 desert the prickly jungle on the banks of the river, 

 and again take to the river-bed ; and before fol- 

 lowing, we refreshed ourselves at a well where there 

 was a trough for watering cattle. It was the shi- 

 karee's impression that the wretched, wounded beast 

 was hovering about this place the only water 

 near in the hope of getting a drink ; but as all the 

 beaters were collected there, and as we kept the 

 unhappy animal constantly moving, he found no 

 opportunity of satisfying his thirst. 



" It was now approaching sundown, as I pushed 

 through the thick tract of jow into which the tiger 

 had been traced. All the beaters were collected on 

 the bank, as, getting the old elephant along with 

 some difficulty, I advanced alone, with the shikaree 

 beside me. We beat carefully along, but the cover 

 was very thick. I remember we came across the 



