22 The Hunting Grounds 



cantonment, we divided the rest among his fol- 

 lowers. I turned in that night very tired, and con- 

 siderably bruised with sundry falls, but delighted 

 with the success of my first day's deer stalking. 



On the following morning the Killadar got us up 

 a beat in the ravine where a tiger had been seen 

 some days previously, but it proved "a blank ;" and 

 the day after, "our leave being up," we had to bid 

 adieu to our native friends and return to canton- 

 ment. 



