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phant, with a mighty effort, shook his assailant 

 off, who came down to the ground with a re- 

 sounding whack, and, turning tail, bolted off into 

 the jungle. However, he was pulled up before 

 going very far, and we returned to renew the 

 fight. The tiger was sitting on his haunches, 

 with his tongue out, and looking very sick, and 

 three or four more shots finished him off. He 

 was a fine tiger, and measured nine feet three 

 inches. He was a very old one, evidently, as two 

 of his large upper teeth and one of the lower 

 ones were worn to stumps. This accounted for 

 his not being able to retain his grip on the ele- 

 phant's trunk. On skinning him, we found two 

 slugs the size of peas imbedded in his flesh, so he 

 must have been at some time wounded by a 

 native. 



On examining the spot from whence he charged 

 out, we found that the bank projected very 

 slightly, certainly not more than nine inches, and 

 a few blades of withered grass hung down over 

 this projection. The spot was perfectly visible 

 from the opposite bank where we had begun our 

 search, and it seemed unaccountable that we had 

 not then detected the tiger. That the elephant 

 did not do so was accounted for by the wind 

 blowing from us towards the tiger. 



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