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his herd, which alarmed at length, moved away slowly to- 

 wards the south. 



The first bull was killed instantaneously by a shot 

 through his shoulders, and high up. Sending his head to 

 camp, we followed the trail of the other in the rear of the 

 herd, and bagged him also, after a pursuit of a mile or more 

 without difficulty, as he was mortally wounded, and weak 

 and half blind from the loss of blood. Both heads were 

 good, but the horns were by no means remarkable for length 

 or stoutness. 



After this we returned to the sand-hills to refresh our- 

 selves with a drink and a short rest, and then stalking along 

 the ridge we killed a spotted stag with two bullets, and 

 S. senior a black-buck on the plain with a long shot ; and 

 then we halted for our mid-day breakfast. 



Shortly after resuming our sport about two o'clock, we 

 came upon a small herd, consisting of cows only, which on 

 our near approach charged resolutely. According to previous 

 arrangement we fired alternately, first bringing down the 

 leader, and afterwards two more, before the rest turned and 

 made off, we desisting from pursuit, not wishing to shoot 

 cows. That day we were charged a second and a third time 

 by herds of cows, and were compelled to kill those heading 

 the charges, our plan of firing singly in turn proving a great 

 success, so that no herd got nearer to us than ten or a dozen 

 paces, before it was turned aside with the loss of its leaders. 

 Shooting another axis and some birds, we reached our new 

 camp at five in the evening, and on counting the slain, found 

 there were bagged that clay two old bull buffaloes, a young 

 bull, six cows, two spotted deer, a buck antelope, and a few 

 birds. More cows might easily have been slain, but we were 

 not disposed to molest them, only firing on them in self- 

 defence. A very large old bull escaped after we had wounded 

 him, by gaining the heavy jungle at the mouth of the 

 Dhamra, where it would have been as dangerous as useless 

 to follow him among a network of small muddy tidal 

 creeks. 



