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up with them, and to give them a present if we 

 did not succeed in killing the tiger, but I could not 

 prevail on any of them to accompany me. 



I have often seen large tigers brought to Chit- 

 trah, in the Ramghur district, by ten or twelve 

 men, on poles, from the most distant parts of the 

 district, frequently a distance of a hundred and 

 twenty, to a hundred and sixty miles, to obtain 

 the reward of ten rupees. Sometimes in the hot 

 weather the carcasses, on their arrival, were so ex- 

 ceedingly putrid, that it was almost impossible to 

 approach them, without being made ill by the 

 stench. It may, in some measure, be conceived 

 what joy their having killed them must have oc- 

 casioned, to induce them to carry the animals such 

 a distance, with such a horrid smell immediately 

 under their noses, when they might have obtained 

 the reward just as well by carrying only the head, 

 or skin. No commander of an army ever felt 

 more elated after a victory, than these poor crea- 

 tures experienced at the success of their prowess 

 in destroying, perhaps, the pest of their neighbour- 

 hood. When any person praised them for their 

 valour and dexterity, their countenances shewed 

 what pleasure they felt. It might also be plainly 

 seen, how gratifying it was to them to hear it 



