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the forest, but we did not succeed in getting 

 a shot at him. 



In the morning we again took up the trail at 

 daylight and followed it until 9 a.m., when it 

 was temporarily lost. The exertions of the pre- 

 vious day had exhausted me, and the weather 

 in the daytime was becoming decidedly hot. 

 It appeared also that we were in for a long, 

 stern chase, so I returned to the camp for a rest, 

 intending to go out again at 3 p.m. Tweedie, 

 who was young and strong, stuck to it ; and his 

 perseverance was rewarded, as about noon he 

 came up with the bison, which was exhausted 

 and could go no farther, and faced his pursuers 

 to fight it out. If you have good trackers, a 

 buffalo or bison with a broken leg has no chance 

 of escape, and has also ceased to be dangerous, 

 and Tweedie had no difficulty in giving the bull 

 the coup de grace. 



We took the head and left the carcase to the 

 Gonds ; and K ana's henchman apparently lived 

 in and upon bison for some days. We saw him 

 once, but he was so odoriferous that he was 

 almost unapproachable. 



In four days with four shots, in a country in 

 which game was not particularly abundant, I 

 had killed outright a tiger and a bull-bison, 

 and had so crippled a bull-buffalo and another 

 bull-bison that their eventual destruction was 

 certain. There is still fine sport to be had in 

 India. 



The bison first killed had a good head for this 

 part of the country, the spread from horn to 

 horn at the widest part outside being 36 J inches. 



