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direction. As it was quite late in the day, there 

 was nothing to be done till evening. 



They were averse to fire about the place for fear 

 of frightening any possible visitor ; and as it was 

 determined to send a party to look for bears in the 

 hills on the morrow, they were also unwilling to 

 disturb that part of the country. A short stroll, 

 therefore, and a little bow-and-arrow shooting with 

 some of the native weapons, were the only amuse- 

 ments that evening. 



Strange to say, when shooting at a considerable 

 distance at a piece of paper stuck up as a mark, 

 Mackenzie made a better shot than any of the 

 natives. It was probably beyond their usual range, 

 for they occasionally kill samber and other game 

 when close, and otherwise make capital practice in 

 the jungle. 



Perhaps, as Mackenzie told Hawkes, the strangest 

 mode of archery in use among the natives of 

 India, is that practised by the Beloochees in 

 Scinde. 



Parties of that wild race are in the habit of going 

 out, ten or a dozen strong. They go quietly along 

 in line till some partridge or other bird and they 

 are not very particular is observed. It is then 

 marked into a bush, and the bush surrounded. 

 When the bird flies up, ten or a dozen arrows are 



