132 FOREST LIFE AND SPORT IN INDIA 
concerted signals. Accordingly the bear, who was 
intent on crossing into foreign territory, was met on 
his arrival by the sportsman, with varying results ; 
at least on one occasion Mr. Rebsch was severely 
mauled by his opponent, but I suspect that he found 
satisfaction in giving the bear every opportunity to 
show fight, for his “shikari” complained in the 
vernacular idiom that he used to let the bear “ climb 
on his neck” before firing. 
The Gonda forests hold some good sAmbhar stags 
during the autumn, that may also be stalked by the 
sportsman who will take the trouble; but the 
lengthy frontage of the area exposes all the wild 
beasts to constant intrusions, and many have 
apparently been killed off, though some have retired 
farther west. From the house at Nandmahra good 
small-game shooting can often be had in those places 
where high crops adjoin the forest boundary, for 
peafowl, jungle-fowl, and hares, frequent this cover 
in the early morning and evening, and can very 
satisfactorily be driven over guns posted along the 
edge of the forest; I believe that sixty or seventy 
brace of birds have been killed in one day’s opera- 
tions carefully carried out in this manner. 
Proceeding on inspection duty, the district of 
Bahraich is entered, and the camp pitched at 
Sohelwa, a place already recommended to the 
sportsman ; but in the winter months the sdémbhar 
stags have already left for the hills, and other game 
must be looked for. 
Once in the forest near the camp a tiger had been 
tracked to cover, and arrangements were hurriedly 
made to drive him out; his only exit was by a 
