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gone. The patch itself was not more than seventy 

 yards in diameter. I called to the men to stretch out 

 and surround the place, and make as much noise as 

 possible, keeping close together. 



As soon as the patch was surrounded, I told the 

 Tungku to send the two elephants, the one he had 

 been on and the other one carrying stores, back to 

 his kampong for more men, and the men as they 

 came on were to cut and load up the elephants with 

 all the dry wood they could ; also each man was to 

 carry some wood and as many of the long nets as 

 had been made. These I intended to spread out 

 at the back and as much around the sides as possi- 

 ble, making doubly sure he should not escape. I 

 told the Tungku we would not leave the spot until 

 the tiger had been killed. I had a platform built 

 with "kaj-ongs" forming the roof. This was very 

 soon finished, and late in the afternoon the elephants 

 returned with more foodstuffs, wood and forty men. 

 Each man had gathered a good bundle of dried 

 wood, which wood I had passed around, as I in- 

 tended to form a circle of fire and keep the tiger 

 within the circle. I then had the fires started and 

 they were kept up the whole night, but in the morn- 

 ing the fires that were in front of the platform were 

 allowed to die out, and after the men had taken 

 turns eating, I ordered them to close in about twen- 

 ty-five feet, throwing the fire before them. In this 

 way I kept narrowing the circle every few hours 

 while we on the platform kept a keen lookout. 



