THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 has, however, a horrid circular gash 

 inside the thigh, which has lifted a 

 flap of flesh from a sufficient depth 

 to show the bone. Such a wound on 

 a white man would make a ghastly 

 show, but not so on the darker 

 Hindu skin, nor indeed is there 

 much flow of blood. Such as there 

 is we soon stop, and, using the 

 needles and silk, carbolic, and com- 

 press from the handy little St. John's 

 Ambulance wallet in our belt, we 

 soon have him well patched up and 

 homeward bound, comfortably in- 

 stalled upon a native bedstead from 

 a neighbouring melon - gardener's 

 hut. 



Then for the first time my shikari 

 steps forward, grinning, and holding 

 in his hand the spear I had lost in 

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