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CHAPTER XII. 



BOWANI. 



Sankerrydroog. An adventure with hyenas. Bowani. Alli- 

 gator-fishing. We start for Andior. " Gooty," my shooting 

 pony : his pedigree and achievements. Small-game shooting. 

 Antelope stalking. Andior. The monkeys and the Brah- 

 mins. Murrel-fishing. 



A FEW days after our encounter with the bears, 



-*- I received a note from B telling me that 



he had heard of rare sport near Bowani, and begging 

 me to join him at the public bungalow at Sankerry- 

 droog, which is two marches from Salem, and about 

 half-way between that place and Bowani. As the 

 wound in my foot was not quite healed I borrowed a 

 palanquin from the collector, and starting the next 

 evening at 4, arrived at Sankerrydroog at 6 A.M., 

 distance thirty-five miles, having stopped a couple 

 of hours for refreshments at McDonald's choultry. 



I found that the trophies of two bears and a fine 

 buck spotted-deer had been taken during my absence, 



and B informed me that a large cheeta had been 



seen prowling about the old hill-fort for some days 



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