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of our men seen the animal run across the fields which were some 500 yds away. I saw  the dogs & men cross the fields later but the deer must have been a long way ahead of them. In the afternoon we beat the forest near camp where the first Sambur was shot but the dogs only drove out a civet cat.
[[circled]] 13 [[/circled]] The same men & dogs took us out again this  AM [[strikethrough]] fo [[/strikethrough]] to a new place for Sambur  Before we got in position above the beaters 2 large Sambur came out across the ravine opposite me but were in cover again before I could get a shot at them. They were not seen again & we returned gameless to camp. The morning mist hung across the valley but our side was clear. A misty rain of a half hours duration visited us at 8 AM. At noon we had a thunder shower
[[circled]] 14 [[/circled]] Our day was fruitless altho I spent most of it beating for sambhur.