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animal was still in the same position, and on going up we 

 found a log of wood part of the trunk of a tree- 

 perforated by the bullet, in a spot which ought to have 

 been adjacent to the bison's brain. Atlay had been 

 hoaxed as well as I, and this was my only consolation 

 during my twelve mile trek home. He told me that some 

 years previously " cholera " (murrain) had attacked the 

 bison, nearly exterminating them, and that he saw over 

 one hundred carcases lying in the jungles, within a few 

 months, of animals that had died from the disease. He 

 said the shooting was now nearly over for the season on 

 account of the dense undergrowth, and that he and his 

 clan would soon be occupied with their ordinary work, 

 collecting jungle produce, such as saffron, ginger, wild 

 honey, and antlers shed by deer; these they sold to 

 traders from the low country who visit these forests 

 periodically. These Carders shift their camps when they 

 have exhausted the products of a given portion of jungle, 

 and sow a few wretched patches of grain in clearings near 

 their cold weather quarters. A few days later I left the 

 Annamullays and bade farewell to Douglas, who had been 

 most kind in helping me in every way, and without whose 

 co-operation nothing could have been done. Captains 

 Clay and Borthwick, of the 79th Highlanders, arrived 

 from Kamptee, and took my place. They had very fair 

 sport, especially with elephants, which had been attracted 

 from their usual haunts by the young growth of bamboos 

 here. My subsequent operations with bison were chiefly 

 restricted to the Muddoor and Bandipore jungles. 



In June, 1881, I shot my last bison within a few 

 miles of the travellers' bungalow at Bandipore, where I 

 had arrived from Ootacamund. Mr. Harvey, who had 

 come out from England on a shooting expedition, and 



