242 FOREST LIFE AND SPORT IN INDIA 
accommodated. The staircase by which we ap- 
proached was in itself enough to frighten any 
domestic animal, but we said nothing that might 
hurt the feelings of one who had done all he knew 
to provide sport in a manner suitable to our 
dignity. At any rate, this attempt was better 
than another we were shown some days later. 
This was a permanent erection with a wooden roof, 
perched some 30 feet above the ground, and 
reached by a rickety ladder ; it seemed adapted for 
the lookout of a fire-guard, but it was not con- 
ceivable that there was an animal in the forest who 
did not know of its existence and give it a wide 
berth. 
