26 WILD LIFE IN NORTH CANARA. 



pore. A detacliment of four companies 

 encamped at HuUial, a town on our 

 western border, and Colonel Wallace 

 on the Belgaum side was in command 

 of a considerable force, including artil- 

 lery. 



Among the casualties which occurred 

 in the early operations against Phond 

 Sawunt, I remember particularly the 

 death of Captain Tainton, a man who 

 was reported to be the best shot and 

 the best racquet player in southern 

 India, and who was unrivalled in the 

 skill with which he could use almost 

 any kind of weapon. He once made a 

 singular wager (which he won), to the 

 eflFect that he would, with a pellet bow 

 and a supply of the hard clay pellets 

 used with it, prevent an antagonist 



