352 'I'm: III^;iILAM)S ok CK.N'TIiAL IXlJlA. 



tcctcd .skull. I i';lt> my Ik^.'kI ])(i<^\n to Hwijn, .'lud the 

 baraljoo .stems to <J;ii)<:<; Ixtfojo m<; in an indistinct maze. 

 Had it la.stcd mucli longer, 1 feel certain I must have 

 liad. a Hurjstroke ; hut the last act was jjlaying out. 

 (Jrasli went tli(; elepliant into a den,se clump of ham- 

 hoos ; a j;iggcd .stem seized me hy tlie nef;k ; and a.s 

 1 raised my hand to disengage it, the roar of the tigress 

 hurst fortli in my very face; a striped form rose in the 

 centre of llie elump, in the act of hounding on the ele- 

 phant's Jie;id. licaning over tli<; railing of the howdah, 

 I. levelle*! the gun, douhJe-sljott(jd in hotli barrels, at 

 her chest; and the next moment was shouting out: 

 ''¥()]• (aO(Vh sake, bring th;i,t claret and water, will you, 

 and come down, h;dl'-a-doz<;n of you, and take iij> tins 

 carcase ! " 



8o [ bagged the wjjf^le hunily, to the no small 

 delight of the cittle-keepers of tin; j)lace. 



A large p;uither was making himself vcvy troui)le- 

 sorae at that time in the neighbourhood of tli(; .luhhuljjur 

 and Mandia road. He had killed several children in 

 different vill;iges, ;ind j)romised, nnhi.ss suppi'e.ssed, to 

 he<;ome a i(;;nd;u' m;i,n-eatei\ I (tncampe.d for some <l<iys 

 in the neighl>oiirlio(i<l of his haunts, ;uid the vc.vy lirst 

 night tin; vilhiin h;i,d th(i impuden<;e to kill ;uid dj;ig 

 away a good-sized bnggJige pony out of my camp. Tin; 

 night being warm, i was sleejjing outside, for the ;;;i,ke 

 of coolness, and w.'is awaken(;d \)y the riving, gurgling 

 nois(i close, to my bed. it was t<jo dai'k to see; ho J 

 ])ul!ed out the, revolver, th;it in those unc<'rl/;i,in tim(!S 

 always l;i.y iindei- my pillow, .-Mid lire.d off n, couj)le of 

 shots to scare tlu; intrude)'. (Jetting .'i, light, 1 was 

 relifjved to find it w;is oidy tin; pony, inst(;ad of a 

 humjin heing, :i,s I had half {'cnn'A, and we proceeded to 

 investigate the c(jiiditi(;ii of the deceased. 



