e to treat as speedily as possible. The terms which were finally
agreed upon differed little from those proposed on the former occasion,
leaving in our hands a portion of the Terai, and, what was more
important, giving the Ghorkas a more correct notion of the enemy they had
to deal with than they had gained from their experience in the first
campaign.

We found our camp prettily situated at the village of Hetowra, on the
Rapti, surrounded by hills clothed to their summits with evergreen
jungle, not unlike those I had lately left in Ceylon.

The Minister Sahib, having received information that a herd of wild
elephants were in the neighbourhood, paid us a visit immediately on our
arrival at camp, in a great state of excitement, and enjoined on us the
necessity of an early start if we wished to partake of a sport which he
promised would exceed anything we had ever witnessed, and prove such as
no European had ever before had an opportunity of joining in.

I was aroused about 3 on the following morning, by the tune of the
'British Grenadiers,' played by the bands of the two regiments, which
marched past my tent on their way to beat the jungle, and I wondered
whether its composer ever imagined that its inspiriting effects would be
exercised upon men bound on so singular a duty as those whose tramp we
now heard becoming fainter and fainter as they wound up the valley. This
was a signal for us to abandon our mattresses, which were always spread
on the ground, in default of a four-poster, but were none the less
comfortable or fascinating to their drowsy occupants on that account. It
was necessary to make such a morning's meal as should be sufficient to
last for 24 hours. This was rather a difficult matter at that early
hour, as we had eaten a large dinner overnight; however, we accomplished
it to the best of our power, and, jumping into our howdah, soon overtook
Jung, whom we accompanied to what was to be the scene of action, a thick
saul jungle on the banks of the Kurroo Nuddee, here a considerable
stream.

Down a hill before us, and by a particular pass, the wild elephants were
to be driven by the united efforts of the gallant rifle corps, a regiment
of infantry, and a hundred elephants; while our party, which comprised an
equal number of these animals, was prepared to receive their brethren of
the woods.

Our patience as sportsmen was destined to be severely tried, and mid-day
came without any elephants having made t