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It was indeed a favourite camping spot, and the village was inhabited by a hardy, independent set of Gwallas, Koormees, and agriculturists, with whom I was a prime favourite. I was sitting in my tent, going over some village accounts with the village putwarrie, and my gomasta.
My Gomasta, the General, and myself, then took up positions behind trees all along the side of the glade or dell in which was the bit of nurkool jungle. It was a small basin, sloping gently down to the creek from the sal jungle, which grew up dark and thick all around.
'There may be others, said the gomasta; and peering into every bush, we went slowly on. The elephant now shewed decided symptoms of dislike and a reluctance to approach a particular dense clump of grass.
Knowing the little elephant to be a fast walker, and fairly staunch, I got on her back, and accompanied by the gomasta and mahout we set out, followed by the peon and herdsmen to shew us the way. I expected two friends, officers from Calcutta, that very day, and wished not to kill the tigress but to keep her for our combined shooting next day.
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