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back with the information that they had seen a 

 sounder of hog, but that there were no sambur on 

 the ground, although there were several places 

 covered over with fresh slots (the marks of a 

 deer's tread), showing that they had been there 

 during the night. 



The Kiiladar gave vent to his disappointment by 

 a volley of strange oaths, and was for returning 

 home, but Walter begged him to remain and enjoy 

 a quiet smoke under the shade of a tree, whilst we 

 followed up tracks and attempted to stalk them. 

 This he was delighted to do, as he did not like the 

 thoughts of following up the game through the 

 thick jungle, being a stout, thick-set, phlegmatic 

 individual, hardly fit for such work. 



Walter divested himself of his extraneous cloth- 

 ing, substituting a pair of thin elk-skin shoes 

 for his ordinary riding-boots, and I followed his 

 example ; then unloosening the girths of our sad- 

 dles, w r e gave strict injunctions to our people to 

 remain quiet, and sallied into the glen, accompa- 

 nied by one of the men who had seen the fresh slots. 



I was so impatient to get on the trail, and 

 plunge at once, as it were, in medias res, that I 

 have omitted to describe the sambur, and also to 

 point out the properties requisite for a deer- stalker. 

 This species of deer, which is to be met with in 

 almost all the large jungles throughout India, is 



