If We Had
Remained For A Week At The Foot Of The Gunner's Coin We Could Have
Obtained Supplies Of All Kinds From Doolana, And We Should Have Enjoyed
Excellent Sport Through The Whole Country.
Our total bag was now
wretchedly small, considering the quantity of ground that we had passed
over.
We had killed nine elephants and two deer. V. Baker had a
miserable time of it, having only killed two elephants when he was
obliged to return. The trip might, in fact, be said to commence from
Bibille.
This is a very pretty, civilized village, in the midst of a wild
country. It is the residence of a Rhatamahatmeya, and he and his family
were well known to me. They were perfectly astonished when they heard by
which route we had arrived, and upon hearing of our forty-eight hours of
fasting, they lost no time in preparing dinner. We were now in a land of
plenty, and we shortly fell to at a glorious dinner of fowls in various
shapes, curries, good coffee, rice cakes. plantains, and sweet potatoes.
After our recent abstinence and poor fare, it seemed a perfect banquet.
Nov. 29.--The coolies did not arrive till early this morning; they were
soon hard at work at curry and rice, and, after a few hours of rest, we
packed up and started for a spot in the 'Park' (upon which I had often
encamped) about ten miles from Bibille.
The horses had enjoyed their paddy as much as we had relished our change
of diet, and the coolies were perfectly refreshed.
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