16 HOW I KILLED THE TIGER. 



biscuit, with a little weak tea. Up to the middle 

 of the day no bearers had arrived, but towards 

 evening the full complement of twenty-four came 

 in. At 7 p.m. the torches were lighted. I got 

 into my palkee, took another eighty drops of 

 laudanum, and fell asleep. Those boxes (Plate 

 18) contained my clothes. They are made of tin, 

 with wooden frames, and are called pittarrahs. 

 You will notice that they nearly go up to a 

 point ; that is to make them convenient for 

 slinging. The man who carries them is called a 

 banghy-dar. He keeps up with the palkee- 

 bearers, and carries eighty to a hundred pounds 

 weight. 



I did not awake till we were close to the 

 station. I went to a friend's house, arriving at 

 about nine a.m. My friend immediately sent off 

 for the Civil Surgeon, who came accompanied by 

 the Central Jail Doctor. The Civil Surgeon said 

 I must go to his house, so that he might be 

 able to give me every attention. I got into the 

 palkee again, and on arriving at his house I was 

 laid upon a bed. The doctor being afraid to 

 extract the lint from the wounds, in case the 

 bleeding should recommence, put me under what 

 he called a course of irrigation, the object being 

 to keep down inflammation. Cold water was 

 poured over my wounds continually for three days 



