THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 countries, a deep "nullah" or dry 

 watercourse some twenty feet wide 

 and ten feet deep, with steep sides. 

 Into this he plunges, and when we 

 reach the edge we see him creeping 

 into the cover of a big thorn-bush in 

 the bottom. We note that imme- 

 diately above the bush the sides 

 have toppled in and have completely 

 blocked the ravine. So, moving a 

 few yards down the bank, we dis- 

 mount, leave our horses, and scramble 

 down, spear in hand, into the bottom 

 of the nullah. Then we advance 

 shoulder to shoulder towards the 

 bush, and from a distance of ten 

 yards or so we hurl two or three 

 clods into it. Presently there is a 

 rustle, and our friend quietly sneaks 

 out on the far side, trotting lamely 

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