A BISHOP HUNTING THE TiGER. 



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CHAPTER XXIV. 



A BISHOP HUNTING THE TIGER. 



HE late excellent Bishop Heber, in his jounv.i, 

 has given a narrative of the mode in which a 

 tiger-hunt is conducted, full of picturesque effect, 

 and striking from its minute detail: 



"At Kulleanpoor, the young Raja Gourman 

 Singh mentioned, in the course of conversation, 

 that there was a tiger in an adjoining tope which 

 had done a good deal of mischief; that he should have gone after 

 it himself had he not been ill, and had he not thought it would be 

 a fine diversion for Mr. Boulderson, the collector of the district, and 

 me. I told him I was no sportsman, but Mr. Boulderson's eyes 

 sparkled at the name of tiger, and he expressed great anxiety to 

 beat up his quarters in the afternoon. Under such circumstances, 

 I did not like to deprive him of his sport, as he would not leave me 

 by myself, and went, though with no intention of being more than a 

 epetactor. Mr. Boulderson, however, advised me to load my 



