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their hides and horns bear so striking resemblance 
to those of that deer, that the question arises 
whether there did not exist hybrids between the 
two species. In Northern India, where the swamp- 
deer live in the localities indicated by their name, 
the type is quite different in many noticeable ways, 
and the subject would repay further investigation. 
The broken and hilly ground renders it possible for 
much foot-work to be done in Bilaspur, and the 
beauty of the sylvan scenery is another recommen- 
dation in its favour. We shot two tigers under the 
careful supervision of Mr. Morgan, the Forest Officer, 
and on three mornings and evenings endeavoured to 
come to terms with a large male, who proved too 
cunning, but who afforded much more interest than 
if he had been driven out to a line of guns. There 
are also memories of a bear that visited the camp, 
and retired amidst a hail of ineffective bullets and 
much laughter, as well as of a phantom panther 
that ran the gauntlet of two shots in the dusk. A 
most enjoyable forest, and one that would be re- 
visited with pleasure. 
From the Central Provinces we went to Oudh, 
where there was much interest in revisiting the forests 
after some years’ absence; for it is only thus that 
progress can be fully recognized, and it is astonish- 
ing how little those who live year after year with 
the same trees will notice their growth. At a place 
in the neighbourhood of Chorgalia stood a sdl forest 
of quite remarkable vitality, where yearly measure- 
ments of numbered stems were taken, showing a 
girth increment of nearly three-quarters of an inch ; 
there a venerable and able administrator once said 
