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be tumbling about in the grass, he galloped off 

 past Rawlins and Brough, who emptied their rifles 

 without stopping him. We then all joined to- 

 gether, and followed up in the direction he had 

 gone, not very sanguine, as the tiger was appar- 

 ently not very hard hit ; the ground was jungly 

 and the grass high. However, Hebbert soon saw 

 him moving slowly through the grass, and fired. 

 This was too much for him, and with a roar of 

 warning he charged straight at our line, the long 

 grass only showing his head as he galloped over 

 the thirty yards of ground between us. Six shots 

 met him en route, mostly hitting him about the 

 head and neck. Hebbert fired his last shot almost 

 in the brute's face, slightly checking and turning 

 him ; but, recovering, he, after clearing our flank, 

 turned in on Hebbert (who was backing with 

 empty rifle round the others), and was on the 

 point of springing on him, when I fired the last 

 remaining barrel left among us, and bowled him 

 over. The pluckiest charge on record. Length, 

 eight feet nine inches.' 



It must indeed, as my friend says, have been 

 one of 'the pluckiest charges on record,' and 

 shows what determination some of these brutes 

 possess, not to be stopped or even turned for a 

 moment, except for a twinkling, as it were, by 

 four determined men in line, armed with the best 



