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covered, and frantically beat his bald pate 

 which the insects had found out as a 

 particularly suitable spot for attention ! 

 When the bees finally left them, the 

 Colonel had to all appearances suddenly 

 grown a stiff crop of bristles all over his 

 poll and it took a lot of attention, profane 

 language and ointment to get rid of all 

 those bee stings. 



The healthiness of those two men and 

 the nearness of the open country saved 

 them from worse consequences than a few 

 days' absolute disfigurement, a lucky 

 escape which was not accorded to a young 

 half-grown tiger which had been captured 

 one day in a tiger drive and was being 

 carried up in a cage by coolies to a head- 

 quarters station in the Hills. Suddenly 

 the bees descended, the coolies bolted, 

 and that wretched tiger was stung to 

 death on the road. 



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