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a day. According to this plan, bullocks and all of 

 us reached the new camp much about the same time ; 

 the tents were all put up ; and we avoided being out 

 in the hottest time from twelve to four o'clock. 



Up to our third camp out of Warungal we did 

 nothing at all ; we were unlucky, for at all three places 

 we were, through some mistake, preceded by a party 

 of the 1 9th Hussars, who had left Secunderabad a 

 fortnight before. We sent on to them, and they 

 arranged to branch off to the left, so that our next 

 camp was on unbeaten ground. 



It was hot on the march. I made my syce carry a 

 large kettle of cold tea or coffee wherewith to refresh 

 myself, and J. and Captain F. supplied themselves also 

 with something cold. The syces carried our guns, too, 

 after the first day, when we saw a lot of jungle-fowl 

 and a splendid peacock, which we would fain have 

 shot, for they are excellent eating ! Since then we 

 stalked several when we got into camp, but they were 

 too cunning. 



Every day, as soon as the bullocks were unloaded, 

 they were driven down to water, and there they 

 wallowed, covering themselves with mud, and often 

 only showing just their noses above the mud and water. 

 Whenever the camp was in a likely place the shikaris 

 tied up bullocks for the tigers to kill the same evening, 

 and we went and saw what had happened the next 

 morning. For the first two or three marches, as I 

 said, we had no luck, and went on at once, instead of 

 staying in one camp a week or so, as we did later on. 



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