THE GAUR. 8l 



that the wounded bull had left the herd, but had gone away many miles without once stop- 

 ping. Our beat was not a success, the only three adult Gaur seen, breaking back ; but we 

 were fortunate enough to secure a female calf, which was surrounded by the beaters, and 

 captured uninjured. 



I presented it to the Calcutta ' Zoo,' where it lived for about four months, and then died 

 rather suddenly. 



As I had only two days more leave, and driving game is not at all in accordance with 

 my tastes, I devoted the 27th and 28th to stalking, but there was no recent authentic inform- 

 ation regarding the whereabouts of the Gaur, and I did not even see a track in the jungles 

 that I visited on those days. 



