Trail and Camp-Fire 



This seemed to be done more for relaxation 

 than for any other reason, and we regretted 

 that we barely missed seeing one or two of 

 these fights. 



Once well started, as our camels were in 

 good condition, we usually managed to cover 

 twenty or twenty-five miles a day, except in 

 mountainous regions. The forty-five camels, 

 swinging along at their halting gait in single 

 file, the head-rope of one fastened to the tail 

 of the preceding camel, reached out for two 

 hundred yards or more, and the men scattered 

 all along the line kept up such a noise that 

 we were obliged to range well out on either 

 side to get any shooting. My daily shooting 

 outfit consisted of two shikaris and my syce, 

 who looked after my pony. The shikaris 

 carried the Winchester and .577, and the syce 

 the shotgun and camera. This combination 

 put us in readiness for anything that we 

 might run into. 



The first piece of game I shot was a big 

 bustard with my Winchester, as I did not 

 dare approach nearer than seventy-five yards. 

 This bird, the same as the Arabian bustard, is 

 of a general brownish color with a mottling of 

 white. He walks about in a very thorough- 



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