A JUNGLE RECOLLECTION. 



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A FEIEND of mine, who has spent much of his life 

 in the pursuit of sport and natural history in India, 

 has kindly placed at my disposal the following 

 account of an incident that came under his notice 

 while on a hunting excursion a few years ago in 

 the Wynaad Jungle. With my reader's permission 

 I will narrate it as nearly as possible in his own 

 words. "While on duty in the vicinity of the 

 Wynaad Jungle, I received information one morn- 

 ing that tigers had been doing a great deal of 

 mischief at a small native village about six miles 

 off, several bullocks having been killed, and one 

 unfortunate man, when returning at nightfall from 

 the patch of cleared land where the villagers culti- 

 vated their scanty crops of ' bajjeree/ had been 

 seized by a tiger, which sprang on him from a clump 

 of high grass, and carried his victim off in the sight 

 of several of his companions, who were, however, 

 unable to render the slightest assistance to the 



