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into camp, when one of my dogs barked, and all 

 the people, without knowing why, set up a most 

 demoniacal yell. This, fortunately, so alarmed the 

 intruder that in a couple of bounds he was off. I 

 failed to get a shot. We found by his footsteps that 

 lie must have been prowling about us half the night. 



" 17th. Did not go out to-day. Picketed sheep, 

 dressed up as men, in the hopes of enticing a man- 

 eater a very artful dodge suggested by the Cotwal 

 only it did not answer, and indeed appeared to keep 

 the tigers away from our camp, for we were not 

 disturbed. 



" 18th. To Burgaon, six miles. Road bad, water 

 bad, camping ground bad, no shelter, small village. 

 Looked for hog but saw none. Heard of the fight 

 with Rohillas. Poor Bosworth killed and a lot of 

 men. 



"19th. To Apparowpett, ten miles. Road fair, 

 but there are some bad nullahs to cross, running 

 through dense jungle much infested by tigers. The 

 bullocks attached to Scott's hackery were driven to 

 frenzy at the sight of one ; while those carrying packs, 

 threw off their loads, and bolted into the jungle, so 

 my friend's impedimenta was strewn in every direction. 

 My bullocks and horses were also much alarmed at 

 another place, and no sooner had the camp been 

 pitched than a panther was found in the middle of it. 

 On being fired at by a Daffadar, it made off. This 

 is a good sized village, but so haunted by tigers that 

 no one will stir out except in broad daylight. Four 

 bullocks had been killed by them a few days before 

 our arrival near where our camp is. We moved 

 to Seonee, seven and a half miles. 



