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their bundles and enjoyed the scene ; people who 
were working in the fields rushed after the dog, 
others cut across and endeavoured to turn the 
buck. Thus hard pressed, the buck altered its 
course, and having passed the village, it turned 
to the left, disappearing from my view. We 
hurried the elephant along at about 8 miles an 
hour, as I felt sure the buck would either run 
directly through our camp upon the bhund, or it 
must take to water, as it would be intercepted by 
the lake. The dog was about 100 yards in the 
rear, running beautifully. 
We turned the corner, passed the village, and 
almost immediately we saw a crowd, in the 
middle of which was the Bishop, holding the 
buck by the horns, in spite of its frantic 
struggles to escape. It appeared that the 
animal at full speed was passing by his temple 
directly towards the lake, and the acrobatic 
parson, with extraordinary agility, sprang across 
its path and seized it by the horns. They 
had the greatest difficulty in restraining the dog, 
which upon arrival immediately pinned the 
struggling buck by the throat, but was cruelly 
beaten off with bamboos by the excited crowd. 
Much might be written upon the black-buck, as 
it is the prettiest animal in India, and without any 
exception it affords the best sport to a lover of the 
rifle, but there would be a monotony in the descrip¬ 
tion. I shall therefore close this chapter, and devote 
the next to the more important antelopes of Africa. 
