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to take our belongings to Colonel Fraser's camp at the foot 

 of the hills, about twelve miles away. Alan and I galloped 

 off at once, with a couple of sowars as guides, and arrived at 

 the tents in time for breakfast. 



Several young buffaloes and goats have been tied up to 

 attract a tiger, in different spots on the hills. If he kills 

 one, like Mr. Jorrocks he " likes to sleep where he sups," 

 and rarely goes far away. Last night a buffalo was killed, 

 but the tiger could not be marked down. They account for 

 this by the unusually cold and cloudy weather, which keeps 

 the tigers on the move. Old Hermiron Singh is very 

 despondent, and thinks it is going to rain again. He has 

 taken a great liking to Alan, and is most anxious to show 

 him a tiger. 



After breakfast we visited the elephant camp, and were 

 shown different ways of getting on their backs. First, the 

 elephant curled up his trunk slightly at the end, the mahout 

 stood on it, and, holding on to the ears, was lifted with the 

 trunk on to his back. Another way, the elephant bends a 

 hind leg for the man to climb up. Some of the elephants 

 did a few tricks, such as salamming, and walking on their 

 hind legs ; but I think the intelligence you read about is as 

 much a fraud as the patience of the camel, or the heat of 

 India. The mahouts are very proud of their animals' heads 

 of hair. To the uninitiated these appear to consist of a few 

 isolated bristles, looking exactly like the stump of a worn- 



