150 BISON. 



to growth, but the variety of wild animals was greater 

 than in any jungle which I had hitherto visited. This 

 was evidenced by their tracks which were everywhere to 

 be seen. About 1 p.m. we discovered fresh slots of four 

 bison, and tracked them for half a mile through some 

 bamboo scrub, whence we emerged into a large glade ; at 

 the opposite side of which in thick jungle some heavy 

 animals were making a great crashing, the Sholigar 

 immediately exclaiming " anee," but they were the bison 

 we had been tracking. A thick clump of saplings, inter- 

 twined with creepers, circular in form, and about thirty 

 yards in diameter, was situated in the middle of the glade, 

 and towards this we were in the act of crossing when a 

 native, who was herding cattle some distance off in the 

 forest beyond the bison, harangued his nock at the top of 

 his voice, whereupon the bison, galloping towards us, 

 entered the clump in front. The bull passed through it, 

 appearing immediately afterwards at the edge on our side 

 within thirty yards, snorting loudly and looking towards 

 us, his horns festooned with the creepers, as we knelt in 

 the middle of the open ground, where there was little if 

 any covert. Aiming for the neck shot near the level of 

 his right eye, I pressed the trigger, the heavy 8 -bore, 

 loaded with hardened bullet and 8 drachms of powder, 

 knocked me over, but it did the same to the bull, who 

 was shot through the spine, and turned his toes to the 

 sky, never moving a yard. At the same moment the rest 

 of the herd, consisting of two cows and a young bull, 

 galloped past within twenty yards, but they were not 

 worth firing at. The dead bull was a fine beast, with an 

 indifferent pair of horns barely 30 inches in breadth. I 

 measured him twice between uprights very carefully, and 

 found his height to be approximately 19^ hands, viz., 



