CHAPTER III. 

 THE BEAE (Ursm labiatus). 



A long-lived bear Elephant's game of football Rajumpett 

 Baban Sahib the sorcerer Bear marked down Baban' s 

 behaviour Shoot the bear Cholera Ulleepoor Former 

 experiences there The Ulleepoor man-eater His death 

 Bears near Singareny My colonel kills two and wounds a 

 third Bears at Penconda Shoot two Effect of Express 

 bullet Bears at Mulkapoor Bears in Mysore Bout with 

 Bandipore bears Wounded bear dies Antics of wounded 

 bears Inebriated bears Fatal accident with bear 

 Hybernating Cold weather shooting trips Wounds 

 inflicted by bears. 



THE bears in the Jamakapett district, although affording 

 good sport, lacked the pugnacity of those met with in the 

 Godavery country further north. The natives also gave 

 them a very good character, and stated that they were 

 seldom molested, unless they met them face to face in the 

 jungle, under which circumstances the most peaceably 

 disposed bear becomes aggressive, being stimulated by the 

 instinct of self-preservation. 



A few days after the final events of the last chapter, 

 we went out to have another beat for bears at the warm 

 corner, and found one " at home," which forthwith 

 charged up the hill through the beaters luckily without 

 doing any harm and, crossing some open ground, was 

 marked into a ravine, on a jungle-covered ridge at the 

 opposite side. We finished the beat, and followed him ; 

 but in the meanwhile lie had shifted his ground, and 



