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to turn back from the place where the tyger 

 is : fome of them, however, but very few, 

 are bold enough to be driven up to attack 

 him, which they do by curling the trunk 

 clofe up under the mouth, and then char- 

 ging the tyger with their tuiks ; or they en- 

 deavour to prefs him to death by falling on 

 him with their knees, or treading him un- 

 der their feet. Ifone tyger is killed, it is 

 confidered as a good day's fport ; but 

 fometimes two or three are killed in onp 

 day, or even more, if they meet with a fe- 

 male and her cubs. The Nabob then pro- 

 ceeds towards his tents upon the new 

 ground, fo that every day is both a march- 

 ing day and a day of fport ; or fometimes he 

 halts for a day or two upon a place that he 

 likes, but not often. When he gets to his 

 tents, which is generally about eleven or 

 twelve o'clock, he dines, and goes to fleep 

 for an hour or two. In the afternoon he 

 piounts his elephant again, and takes a cir- 

 cuit about the fkirts of the camp, with the 

 dogs and hawks ; or fometimes amufes him- 

 felf with an elephant fight, with fhooting 

 at a mark, or fuch likeamufements ; and 

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