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but was, of course, stone dead, and the charge of shot 
had pressed his brains so that they blew both his eyes 
out. Our natives all being Mohammedans, absolutely 
refused to touch him, so I skinned him and cut out 
a roast and the hams, and carried them back to the 
boat myself. We persuaded one of our men to cook 
them for us, and on this and other occasions we found 
the wild pig very delicious eating. 
One day we found a place where four tigers were 
evidently working pretty regularly. We took two 
goats that we had on board and tied them out under 
a tree in an open place in the jungle. Then we built 
a bamboo platform in the tree in the afternoon and 
went back on board the boat for supper. About nine 
o’clock in the evening we started off in the bright 
moonlight, — Ros., this young Englishman named 
O’Brien who was staying on board with us, and my- 
self. We had one or two natives with us, but no 
lantern. I was walking ahead with my rifle ready, as 
the goats were already making quite a row, and we 
thought we might meet something while walking tow- 
ards the tree. The only thing we met was a very 
large Russell’s viper which was coiled up in the path. 
It was big ehough to be seen easily in the moonlight, 
and it got away before I could put the gun down and 
make any effort to catch it. I never saw so large a 
specimen of this species before or afterwards, but it 
is a common one and of little importance. 
We got to the tree and spent thé night on the 
platform. It was very interesting hearing the various 
sounds of the jungle through the night, — the sleepy 
crow of a jungle fowl, sounding much like a game 
bantam, the occasional cough of a monkey, and three 
