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camp. I was done brown, as the expression goes, 

 having been on my feet for the best part of twenty 

 hours. A cup of soup, and my boots and coat off, 

 and I dropped like a log, fast asleep, too weary 

 to remember my disappointment and disgust 

 over the loss of the bison. 



It was nearly two months later that I finally 

 bagged my first bison. It was in the piping hot 

 month of May, and I had been sent out by my chief 



to accompany Colonel , who, having shot 



every animal in Asia save bison, wished to add 

 this trophy to his collection. A nicer outing 

 and a better sportsman I have rarely had or met. 

 It was this true sportsman-like spirit which cost 

 him the first bison he had ever set eyes on. 

 Having reached the bison country, we left before 

 dawn next morning, having arranged to keep 

 together. Just as it was getting light one of 

 the trackers stopped and muttered ' hathi.' We 

 looked about, and there, climbing out of a narrow 

 ditch or nullah, was a fine elephant with a pair 

 of magnificent tusks. He had not seen us, and 

 went off, skirting a low, rocky hill in the direction 

 opposite to the one we were moving in. At the 

 time we were on the tracks of four bison, but they 

 were not fresh ones. Shortly after meeting the 

 elephant we picked up the fresh tracks of what, 

 according to Bishu, was a fine bull. 



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