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until the moon was up. We then heard them 

 moving and went after them. The first animals 

 we came to galloped off, and then stood at a short 

 distance. We followed and found ourselves 

 confronted by three bison, which faced us in the 

 moonlight, snorting, at a distance of about 30 

 yards. We fired simultaneously at the largest 

 of the three, and knocked it over like a ninepin 

 with shots in the chest and shoulder; but the 

 sex was unfortunately wrong. I have not heard 

 of bison being shot by moonlight before, but this 

 mode of hunting ought to be effective when, as 

 not infrequently happens, a solitary bull is known 

 to be in a particular place. The bison appear 

 to be bolder in the moonlight, and a first shot 

 at night with a follow on in the morning would 

 be safe enough. 



No account of my shooting and fishing experi- 

 ences in India would be complete without some 

 reference to Mary, a New Zealand or Waler mare, 

 who was my faithful companion upon many 

 an expedition. Mary was the most accomplished 

 and intelligent horse I have ever seen. I bought 

 her as a five-year-old in Calcutta in 1896, and, 

 with intervals of leave and visits to England, 

 I owned and rode her until the spring of 1913, 

 when I finally left India. She was then showing 

 signs of old age, and I secured for her a comfort- 

 able home. I bought her as a trapper, and she 

 was first-rate both in saddle and harness, and had 

 a wonderful constitution. I rode her several 

 times upon inspection duty through the Punjab 

 Salt Range and the Kohat Salt District in the 

 North- West Frontier Province, and I rode her 



