Jungle By -Ways in India 



my eyes low so that they could not look into 

 them. Another rustle, and there was the stag. 

 He looked up casually, dropped his head, and then 

 suddenly looked up again. I had not moved, but 











A herd of Chitul on the edge of the forest. 



something aroused his suspicions. He stared 

 fixedly for some seconds, gave one short, snappy 

 yelp, and the party were gone. 



On the present occasion these does were 

 beginning to bother me. The big stag had not 

 appeared, and yet already some of the vedettes 

 were quite close to me, and one or two had 

 got into some long grass on my right, prevent- 



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