CHAPTER VIII. 



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JUR agreement with the 

 shikari and his men was 

 drawing to a close, and we 

 knew we must begin to 

 think of returning to the 

 cantonments, so we deter- 

 mined to keep the old 

 sportsman up to his promise, 

 of relating another of his exciting adven- 

 tures. When I invited him to join us 

 that evening, I saw by the twinkle of his 



