Jungle By-Ways in India 



denizen and developed to a marvellous degree in 

 the great hulking brutes before me, evidently told 

 her that there was something unusual about, and 

 told me that I had no time to lose if I wished to 

 secure a reward for a heavy morning's work. 

 Glancing again over the heads I could see from 

 my position, I singled out what appeared to be a 

 fair-sized bull and let fly. The bullet struck him 

 true, and he turned and made off in a line dead 

 away from us, entering the forest behind the clear- 

 ing almost at once. Instant confusion and turmoil 

 arose, and we dashed forward, half-right, as a 

 glance showed that the herd was closing up in that 

 direction, and as quick as the awful state of the 

 ground would permit, in the hope of making out 

 and getting a shot at the big bull. The herd had 

 all collected in the open clearing, and as we reached 

 the edge of the forest and dashed, or rather 

 stumbled, into the marshy boggy opening, we 

 pulled up short in sheer amazement and wonder 

 at the most remarkable sight it has ever fallen to 

 my lot to witness. A hurried glance at Ana- 

 condu's face informed me that he was equally 

 surprised, if not equally interested and enthu- 

 siastic. • For there, less than 50 yards away, 

 was the herd^a herd of some thirty bison — closed 

 up together in battle array, a serried, seething 

 mass of wildly tossing, brightly gleaming, yellow 

 horns and waving, uplifted tails. I have said that 

 the herd appeared to be closing up on the right 



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