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extraordinaxy that the tiger being wounded should 

 have let him oS. so easily. 



" After bagging our tiger we struck off through the 

 edge of the forest in a northerly direction for a 

 plain in the forest, in which there is said to be a 

 good find. It is here that the tigress and cubs 

 live. We beat it through, finding only long grass 

 and a dry nullah, but got nothing except some hog 

 deer. It was too dry for a tiger. We killed a little 

 small game on our way back to the tents, and saw 

 some fiorican, but as yet have not had a chance of 

 getting a shot at this bird. The florican is an easy 

 bird to shoot if you get down from your elephant 

 and stalk him, but not otherwise. . . .' . 



" April 1st. — The weather was now beginning to 

 get hot, and shortly after we returned to Lucknow." 



Extracts from a Journal kept during a shooting expedi- 

 tion in Bengal, JJlwar, and the Nepaul Terai, in 

 the year 1870. 



" January 12th. — The party started after breakfast, 

 and rode about eight miles, when they found about 

 thirty elephants waiting a.t the village of Dobri. 

 Having got into the howdahs, they proceeded to 

 beat over the extensive nul and putiah jungle of 

 Sersjipore. After beating for some time, a young 

 tigress was found. She made a charge along the 

 line, but could neither make it good, nor could she 



