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 . ow was exceedingly rich, but H. not onlyate the other half, but had both the other bones! I could not have be-lieved it possible had I not seen something similar in Sh51agas eating a cup-ful of honey without being sick. I was struck by the simplicity of camping arrangements at lieu of a tent he stretched his blanket over a horizontal stick on twoforked uprights, one end of which gipsy arrangement he plugged up witlith
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 . ow was exceedingly rich, but H. not onlyate the other half, but had both the other bones! I could not have be-lieved it possible had I not seen something similar in Sh51agas eating a cup-ful of honey without being sick. I was struck by the simplicity of camping arrangements at lieu of a tent he stretched his blanket over a horizontal stick on twoforked uprights, one end of which gipsy arrangement he plugged up witlithorny bushes, perhaps to prevent tigers dragging him out! whilst hislegs and boots sticking from the other formed a prominent feature after heretired. I offered him a corner in my tent, but he preferred his owntenement. Poor fellow, he was very contented with his style of life, andI think he enjoyed the trip with me; I gave him a bottle of beer everynight, and other things which he never got in his solitary life. I bagged one other splendid old bull during this trip, a solitary animal,and as large a one as I have ever shot. I have since tried, without success,. o C/D00 =>CD A NOTED PAIR OF BULLS. 259 to outdo this feat of my griffmage. The measurement of his horns are givenin the preceding chapter. The Sholagas and I also found two fine youngtiger-cubs amongst some rocks whilst looking for bears, and as we ascer-tained that their mother was away hunting for something for supper, I gotdown into the cave where they were and collared them, with the assistanceof a bull-terrier—old Boxer. I handed them up to H. and the Sholagas,who wrapped them up in cumblies (blankets) and made off with them. Wecast many furtive glances behind as we fled; I had had little experiencethen; I ought to have left the cubs and watched for the mothers return. From this time till I was settled at Morlayin 1873,1 went after bisonwhenever I had a chance. Since I commenced elephant-catching, and havenow i
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