630 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Voh XXVIII. 
elephant taking fright, and bolting when mahout, howdah and occupants stand 
a very good chance of being swept away in the headlong rush of the beast 
through the jungle. To return to what happened. The party arrived at the spot 
where the shooting was to take place at 1 p.m. and an adjournment for lunch 
was agreed to with general acclaim. Several rhinos had been seen in the swamp 
in close proximity and the chances of a good afternoon’s sport seemed assured. 
After lunch we mounted our elephants and it was not long before a rhino was 
discerned in the thick grass cover. H. R. H., whose position was rather disad- 
vantageous, since he could scarcely see the animal from where he was, fired. Lord 
Louis Mountbatten fired immediately afterwards and the rhino made off. A pro- 
longed search was made for the beast. The blood -spattered leaves and grass 
showed clearly that the bullet had found its mark, but it was not till many days 
later that the beast was picked up dead. It was then too decomposed for pre- 
servation, but the skull and horn were recovered. It proved to be the best of 
all the rhino heads obtained in Nepal during the present shoot. A second 
rhino wounded on this day by Capt. Dudley North was picked up later under 
similar circumstances. As we blundered through the dense forest in search of 
the wounded rhino one could not help thinking of what would have been the 
effect on our ranks, if a rhino took it into his head to charge, bunched 
up as we were at the moment. The consequences would have been rather 
disconcerting as the resultant stampede would not exactly have been a 
pleasant experience. 
Just before the search was abandoned a tiger was seen, a ring was immediately 
formed and the animal was soon accounted for. H. R. H. fired at the beast 
but missed. The tiger took cover, but immediately reappeared giving Sir 
Godfrey Thomas a broadside shot at close range. 
Shortly afterwards H. R. H. returned to camp, but certain enthusiasts re- 
mained till dark without any results beyond a rather exciting five minutes with 
a pig. In the fading light an animal was discovered moving in the bushes. 
Everybody thought it was a panther or a tiger, a ring was formed. Whatever 
it was, it took a great deal of dislodging, but at last with a protesting 
squeal out rushed a much harassed and di.^gruntled porker who promptly dodged 
through the hnes of elephants and vanished into the jungle. 
Friday, December \&th . — There were several different parties on this 
shoot. H. R. H., Col. Worgan, Capt. the Hon’ble Piers Legh, Commander 
Newport and Lord Louis Mountbatten motored to the 13th milestone to a 
place called Bagliae. A ring had been formed about a half a mile from 
the road and after the party arrived H. R. H. himself posted the guns 
placing them at intervals of about 50 yards. Shortly after the beat 
commenced, a tiger broke in front of the Prince’s howdah. H. R. H. fired 
and was immediately followed by a right and left from Capt. the Hon ble 
Piers Legh. The next 20 minutes were sj>ent in an effort to dislodge the bea t 
from some heavy cover. Very suddenly “ Stripes ” put in a second appearance, 
but a shot in the leg from Mountbatten sent him limping back into cover. The 
ring now closed in upon him and the tiger making his last bid for liberty sprung 
gamely at Lord Louis’ mount and was dropped with a shot through the head. A 
subsequent examination showed that only the last two shots had taken effect 
and the trophy accordingly went to Lord Louis Mountbatten. H. R. H. 
returned to camp after lunch while the remainder of the party went off on a 
fruitless quest after tiger. 
A second party consisting of the Earl of Cromer, Capt. Dudley North and 
two others spent the morning after rhino at Kasra. One was secured 
which fell to Capt. Dudley North’s rifle. The party went into some very 
thick jungle bordering a lake where the shikaris had jireviously located a few 
rhino. The rhinos wei’ ■ heard moving about as the elephants approached 
