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CHAPTER I 



Bison — The gaur and rnithan — Size of horns — Habits — First experi- 

 ences — The bison country — Appearance of tracks — A tropical 

 storm — How I saw my first bull bison - 1 wound a bison — Back to 

 camp in the dark — The bison country again — An early start — 

 Face to face with a bull elephant— Run down the bull bison — Fail 

 to bag him — Find a herd — My first bison — A long trek. 



BISON 



BISON tracking on foot ! One of the 

 finest, most fascinating, and most ardu- 

 ous of all Indian sports its devotees will 

 tell you. And they are not far wrong ! 

 Of all the jungle denizens we have become 

 acquainted with in India, the bison, in spite of 



