36 WILD LIFE IN NORTH CANARA. 



herd charged home, rolled the tiger over 

 and put him to flight ; the only injury 

 the man sustained was a wound in the 

 leg from the horn of his friend the bull, 

 inflicted as it knocked over the tiger. 



The bison, a much larger animal than 

 the buffalo, is extensively found in 

 North Canara, but I reserve a descrip- 

 tion of this noblest of its ferce for a 

 later chapter. 



Soopah is the only region in which 

 I have met with the toucan, or great 

 hornbill, the lesser kinds of hornbill are 

 common in many parts of India. I was 

 walking one morning through the forest 

 in the north-eastern part of Soopah, 

 when a bird of unusual size passed over- 

 head among the tops of the lofty trees. 

 I sent a random bullet after him which 



