182 SPORT IN ASIA AND AFRICA 



attention has not been directed, and of which 

 he has no special knowledge, is not unlikely to 

 submit an incorrect report. In the course of 

 my tours as Inspector-General I found out 

 some things of importance regarding Excise 

 and Opium which were unknown to the local 

 officers. 



The object of my journey to the Madras border 

 having been accomplished, and the two buffaloes 

 and the two bison, covered by our permits, 

 having been shot, we returned to Raipur. On 

 the way back Tweedie shot a she-bear in a beat, 

 which had a small cub, and he carried away 

 the cub as a pet. I did not fire another shot. A 

 successful big game expedition in India does not 

 necessarily involve much shooting. In Africa, 

 where you have to shoot daily for food, there is a 

 much greater expenditure of cartridges. 



I retired from the Indian Civil Service in the 

 spring following this expedition ; and Mihndu, 

 the syce, went back to his home in Oudh. 



