Thirteen years among the wild beasts of India : their haunts and habits from personal observations, with an account of the modes and capturing and taming elephants . which stood upon it—I saw a blackand shaggy mass, some thirty paces distant. I caught Jaffers shoulderand pointed it out to him. We had the wind all right, and the bears werefast asleep, so we approached nearer to see how they might be disposed ofmost effectively. When within even ten yards we could not see a head inthe indistinct mass. I was thinking of firing into them when Jaffer verysensibly pointed to the top of the overhangi
Thirteen years among the wild beasts of India : their haunts and habits from personal observations, with an account of the modes and capturing and taming elephants . which stood upon it—I saw a blackand shaggy mass, some thirty paces distant. I caught Jaffers shoulderand pointed it out to him. We had the wind all right, and the bears werefast asleep, so we approached nearer to see how they might be disposed ofmost effectively. When within even ten yards we could not see a head inthe indistinct mass. I was thinking of firing into them when Jaffer verysensibly pointed to the top of the overhanging rock, and to a stepping-stonebehind it, by which we might get above the bears. Of course that was thething to do. I gave him a pat of approbation, and sat down to unlace myheavy shooting-boots. In another moment we were looking down upon thesleeping beauties, only two gun-lengths below us ! We now saw that therewere three of them. Their deep snoring was pleasant music after our longdays hunt, and we gazed on their placid, upturned countenances with rapture,Some might have thought their expression piggish: to us it was perfect! m • -Yy •1 ifflfeiah r. p • - - / • • -
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