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in the People's Park in Madras, although they appeared alike in 

 color and spots as far as the latter could be seen in particular lights, 

 differed much in size, and, as it appeared to me, in the shape of the 

 head, I fancied that the smaller, and far more savage animal, that 

 in Madras, had a shorter and rounder skull than the other. This 

 smaller panther was, I believe, sent to the People's Park, by II. II. 

 the Rajah of Travail core. 



I saw in Bangalore the skin of a panther, shot near Hyderabad 

 in the Deccan, that had, besides being rather darker than usual, a 

 large dark patch on the side, that included several spots, a large 

 blot or stain in fact. 



At Nellicondah near Hyderabad in the Deccan, I saw, just at 

 dawn, an immense panther, with what I thought was a dog iii her 

 mouth, she dropped it on my shot, which slightly damaged her, (it 

 proved to be the neck and fore-quarters of a bullock) and rushed up 

 the large hill of Nellicondah into a cave in the rocks about 300 

 yards from where I was. From my post at the other side of a small 

 valley, I could perfectly see the path she had taken, although it 

 would not have been of any use firing again at her, as she was 

 gliding under stone or bush. As I was following her, I startled a 

 bear, like the panther, returning home ; it ran into the same cave, 

 of which it was, I imagine, the rightful tenant ; a prodigious row 

 ensued, in which the bear evidently got worsted for it came out 

 incontinently tail first, and shuffled off at best speed and in very bad 

 temper. To get to this den, I had to undergo almost the greatest 

 trial my nerves have ever been put to. 



Both animals passed through a cavern-like passage, evidently a 

 highway under a rock, six or eight feet high, as many broad, and 

 perhaps three times that in length ; in the midst was a wild bee's 

 nest, an inverted cone hanging down from some point of the roof 

 to far less than my height from the ground ; the bees seemed good 

 tempered however, so remembering that, the panther had just 

 passed once, and the bear twice, without disturbing them, I plucked 

 up courage and crawled under the awful cluster. The panther at 

 that critical moment came out of the den just above with an angry 

 roar, I could not see her, but thought it probable that she would 



