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" was under the impression that by driving the deer from their 

 " accustomed haunts, they drove away the tigers also ; however, I 

 " have recently heard from a friend a most interesting account of a 

 " scene that he witnessed between a pack of wild dogs and a tiger ; 

 " I was in hopes he would have sent it to you himself, but as he 

 " has not done so, I trust he will have no objection to my 

 " publishing it. 



" My friend, not many weeks ago, was passing through a jungle 

 " in Wynaad, when he heard, close to him, a curious snapping 

 " noise ; he fancied it was paroquets or some such birds having a 

 " row amongst themselves ; but on taking a few steps forward, to 

 " his no small astonishment, he found himself in the presence of a 

 " tiger, surrounded by a pack of wild dogs, snapping and barking 

 " at him, but, at the same time, keeping well out of reach of his 

 " terrible fore-paw. The tiger was lashing his tail from side to 

 " side, and showing great excitement or, as I feel inclined to put 

 " it, funk he was standing with his back to the new arrival, and 

 " consequently, did not see him ; but as he was not more than 

 " twenty yards distant, my friend wisely decided on beating a quiet 

 " retreat, shortly returning, however, with some of his friends, 

 " when they found the tiger had disappeared ; but the pack of wild 

 " dogs feasting on a sambur fresh killed by the tiger. There was 

 " no mistake about this, for the marks of the tiger's teeth were 

 " distinctly visible in the throat of the deer. Ten dogs were 

 " counted, but there might have been, and probably were, more. 

 " This, to a certain extent, corroborates the shikarrees' statement, 

 " that wild dogs will attack a tiger, but I still think they never 

 '* attempt to lay hold of him, for that would be nearly certain 

 " death ; their sole object is, I imagine, to drive the tiger away. 

 " They may, when in sufficient numbers, be able to kill a leopard, 

 " but even this I doubt. I know, however, of two instances where 

 " wild dogs have been seen following them. In one instance they 

 " had tree'd the leopard, which certainly looked like mischief ; 

 " possibly they may have chased it as dogs would a cat, for I 

 " have heard of both tigers and leopards being fairly chased on 

 " these hills by a pack of spaniels and such like dogs when 

 " parties have been out beating the woods for game but like their 



