134 TERAI TIGERS SIR JOHN HEWETT 



down-stream. The water-borne infection is thus 

 spread. I have not come across this practice 

 anywhere else. 



On the 4th we made a large detour in the hope 

 of driving in tiger, but only put up two owls ! 



A small elephant carrying soda-water almost 

 trod on a half-grown tiger and appeared to go 

 clean mad from fright. I understand there was a 

 slump in soda-water; but it all happened behind 

 our shooting-line. 



On the 5th Miss He wet t shared a fine tigress 

 with Collier. It was the only one we saw. 



On the 6th we reached Sarket Camp, where we 

 had a long hot chase and killed a magnificent 

 lo-foot 4-inch tiger. He fell to Gordon's rifle. 



Next day, Sunday, we rested and worshipped 

 in a temple not built with hands. 



Monday proved a blank day. 



On Tuesday I tried alone for a swamp deer, but 

 failed to find one. 



On Wednesday at Horai we went after tiger. 

 A very good one was moved. He was coming 

 straight to me, when a jumpy native turned him 

 and he fell to Richards' shot. 



On Friday we moved to Unchagaon Camp. 

 Next day was the red-letter day of the expedition 

 and a lucky day for me. Very early in the morn- 

 ing the invaluable and untirable Clutterbuck had 

 started with a very large number of elephants to 

 beat in a huge crescent-shape formation a great 

 extent, many miles in fact, of jungle. He gradu- 

 ally narrowed his front, thus driving whatever 

 game was within the semicircle of elephants into 

 a patch of 6-foot grass about 3 acres in extent. 



