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no more tigers although there has been hunting of leopards 

 and bears and some deer therefore am I about to march now 



many kbs to the westward near the village of K M where 



I know are some tigers and so I ate apprehension and became 

 glad that I had been called in that time for in truth are there 

 many tigers in that place and moreover it is the best jungles 

 in all the taluk and there was intention of reserving it for the 



hunting of the Dipti Saheb. Further again the saheb sent 



me forward to obtain news and this time by reason of the 

 Mussalman being sick with ague I came to that place with 

 another sepoy and immediately it became known to me that 

 in the ndla of P there are three tigers in the near neighbour- 

 hood. Further because the sepoy was looking always at my 



goings and comings for he had without doubt been told to do 

 this by the Mussalman I could not go of myself and so the forest 

 guard went by my order to that ndla and took with his gun and 

 in cool time of evening made two four sounds of his gun also 

 because there was confusion of hurry I had given him some news- 

 paper of the saheb people to place on little trees near water for all 

 that jungle was much beloved of tigers and there was fear that 



they might return or not all run away. Further during 



the moonlight night-time the saheb came without warning riding 

 on his horse and slept lying on the ground and in early morning 

 he rose and said come Jhoot Singh show me then this jungle 

 of great fame that I have heard of and so taking me with the 

 sepoy went to that ndla now because of that fool forest guard's 

 mad work there were clear marks of boot left in that place and 

 underneath them new footsteps of tigers and immediately the 

 saheb saw and so was astonished and spoke no word. Soon 

 we went a long way and then saw again that by madness that 

 profligate man whom I had sent had not taken all away so there 

 was remaining near some water in ndla a piece of newspaper 

 hanging on a bush. The newspaper was not like that one which 

 is all big and is then folded into smaller size but was of separate 

 large pieces that each were inside one in one and of excellent 



good size for putting each piece on a bush. Further the saheb 



spoke no word but began to look for marks of feet in the sand 

 with signs of great anger and saying "O Dydm! Dydmt Dydml" 



