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in its face, was the work of impulse. He scurried back into the scrub and the 

 dog, not in the least aware of his danger, was soon curled up fast asleep again. 

 Everything else was left undisturbed and I took up my position, after carefully 

 shading the tent-side of the lantern, behind one of the front flaps of my tent. 



It appeared to me that I was scarcely kept waiting five minutes when the 

 Panther appeared again, sitting up like a dog some 20 paces away. I could 

 not see my sights, but saw the animal fairly clearly, so aimed for the chest and 

 pulled, Result : Noise, blood and a certain amount of fur, but no panther. 



Next day after breakfast I took up the blood trail, but never got the 

 panther. 



S. E. F. JENKINS. 



Loilem, S. Shan States, December 1906. 



No. XI— ABNORMAL SAMBUR HORNS. 



When shooting in Mundla at 'Xmas, while beating we found a sanibiu 

 which had been killed by a tiger. It was a rather curious one as it had nine 

 points. The left horn was that of a normal 3-pointed sambur 32^" long. The 

 right however had an ordinary brow antler, but up at the top of the beam 

 were 5 points (like " royal " points on a Scotch stag). The biggest of these 

 was about 6" long and the smallest 3". The beam was curious too, as 

 instead of the ordinary sweep of the horn, it grew straight up without 

 curving at all practically either backwards or sideways. I should be interested 

 to hear if these are common or not. 



J. ARCHIBALD FJELD. 



JUBBULPORE, C. P. 



\btli January 1907. 



No. XII— AN ABNORMAL HOG-DEER HEAD. 



I send a photograph of a Hog-deer (Cervus porcinus) head. I have never 

 before seen one with an extra tine, though I have seen hundreds of these deer 

 in Burma. Big heads were common there, but I think this is an exceptional 

 one for this part of India. The deer was shot in the Karnal District by my 

 brother-in-law, Major R. M. Lowis. 



The horns measured 19i inches, the extra tine being lO^ inches long. 



R. CLIFFORD, Lieut., 



(22nd Punjabis). 



Jhelum, Punjab, 



1th December 1906. 



