Jungle By-Ways in India 



rock to rock with a curious rolling gallop like some 

 stout ship in half a gale in the Atlantic ; thirdly, 

 that Bruin can get over dry crackly leaves with 

 a celerity and quietness that has to be seen to be 

 credited. 



I have alluded to the other methods of bagging 

 bear — that of waiting for them near their caves, 

 either in the morning or evening, or of beating 

 them out of their caves in the daytime by means 

 of squibs and crackers and tackling them on foot. 



Most of my experiences in this line have been 

 in the Himalaya, and in some Himalayan sketches 

 I may perhaps deal with this interesting, and at 

 times exciting, sport in the future. 



Enough has been said to show that Bruin offers 

 sport of a satisfying nature, and one that often 

 has in it that spicy element of danger which forms 

 the fascination of our shikar outings in the East. 



For the naturalist and he who loves to study the 

 habits of jungle animals, the bhalu is ever worth 

 watching when one can do it unbeknown to the 

 animal himself. He appears to take life so ex- 

 tremely seriously that his very seriousness has in 

 it an element of farce. 



