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him and an ominous grunt from his vicinity causes a general retreat by the rest of 

 the party. The alarm proves false so 'Bhootan' descends from his perch and 

 they all proceed, this time " still more cautiously." They are brought to a stop 

 by noises issuing from the grass in front of them which are eventually traced to 

 a buffalo on the ground, they are non-plussed for a moment by the horrible un- 

 certainty that this may be another tame buffalo. The position is reconnoitered 

 with the assistance of an elephant and everybody's mind is set at rest by the 

 welcome assurance from the Mahout that this is ' the' bull. Continues 'Bhootan' 

 " ' Y ' and I now cautiously creep forward to within 12 yards of his head and 

 fired together into his neck, the issue was unexpectedi" It only resulted in 

 bringing him to life again and he commenced to rise. This proceeding had the 

 immediate effect of widening the distance between hunters and hunted, but 

 one ' who was up a neighbouring tree ' brought the old bull again to the 

 ground with a well directed shot and after which " we crept close up to his 

 head and gave him his quietus. " When everything was ended, short sighted 

 ' C ' who seems to have lost himself in the confusion appeared on the scene and 

 expressed a burning desire to put one bullet in ; so having sighted his gun 

 with difficulty (he was within 10 yards of the carcass) he fired. Thus perished 

 the Jaintee Buffalo. 



Bombay Natural History Society, 

 \st October 1920. 



S. H. PRATER. 



No. VII.— TWIN CALF ELEPHANTS. 



[With a block.) 



Herewith I enclose the photograph of twin elephant calves born in Tenas- 

 srim, Lower Burma, last June. They are male and female and measured 



