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himself at Bellary and Bangalore, where he put a 

 good many gold mohurs in the pocket of his master, 

 ever proving a thorough good one. His greatest 

 achievement was, however, performed at Gooty 

 (which name he has since borne), where he carried 

 his master safely up the steep rocky scarp of that 

 celebrated hill-fort to the round-house on the extreme 

 summit, and down again ; a feat which, although it 

 has often been attempted, was never accomplished in 

 the memory of the oldest inhabitant, or of the old 

 Nawab who had been confined there as a state- 

 prisoner for upwards of five-and-twenty years. A 

 gallant officer of the 48th had a brass plate fixed on 

 a rock about half way up, to commemorate his 

 having ridden a horse named "Firefly" up to that 

 point. 



"Gooty" although he measured barely thirteen 

 hands two inches, was famous in difficult country, 

 and would follow a boar con amore, doubling like a 

 greyhound after a hare. " Mais revenons a nos 

 moutons." We passed through a good deal of low 

 brush jungle and rumnah grass, alive with small 

 game ; for in less than four hours we were satiated 

 with our sport, having killed three couple and a half 

 of " florikin" (or lesser bustard), the finest bird for the 

 table in India, thirteen leash of hares, nine brace of 

 grey partridge, and three of grey quail ; and as the 

 sun's rays were burning intensely powerful, and our 



