Antlers 



to disappear in this silent manner in grass or 

 copse jungle. 



They go right away, and yet after the first rush 

 there is no gradual diminuendo of crashing bushes 

 or crackling grass which distinguishes the retreat 

 of most of our four-footed game. One may come 

 suddenly on an old boar or a sow with a baker's 

 dozen of youngsters. For a moment all is turmoil 

 both below and above, for the elephant almost in- 

 variably proclaims his disgust and dissatisfaction 



A chorus of grunts and squeaks proclaims a sounder of pig. 



at the proceeding, often with a shrill trumpet (is it 

 the Mahomedan mahout, one wonders, who has 

 taught his elephant to hate the unclean ?), and 

 then silence and a total disappearance ! 



Farther on in a more open jungle we come upon 

 another herd of chitul, their brilliant fawn- 

 coloured skins with the prominent white spots 

 so harmonizing with their surrroundings that they 

 by no means stand out in the startling fashion one 

 might expect from having seen specimens in Zoos 

 or in books. As we approach, the herd take no 

 notice of the elephant save to glance up at and 

 watch it in curiosity as it passes, and the same is 



