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ordered him with the soldiers to return immediate- 

 ly, and if they found her still lying in the road, to 

 fire a volley at her, and charge with bayonets, 

 and destroy her if possible. 



On their return, the tigress had shifted her 

 quarters, and was not to be seen. A few days 

 after this, the Rajah had a Hunquah to kill or 

 drive the tigress away ; she was seen by some 

 of the people, and fired at, and was never heard 

 of after; from which it may be presumed she 

 was wounded. It is fortunate for the inhabitants 

 of that country, that tigers seldom survive any 

 wound ; their blood being always in a state pre- 

 disposing to putrefaction, a consequence of the 

 extreme heat, and their living entirely on animal 

 food. 



A grass, called by the natives Churaunt, 

 grows plentifully throughout the jungles. The 

 seeds of it are ripe about April. They have a 

 serrated beard with a sharp point, barbed, and 

 adhere to almost every thing they touch. This 

 grass annoys the tigers exceedingly during all 

 the hot months ; it grows about the height of a 

 tiger's belly, where they tease him much by ad- 

 hering to his hinder parts in clusters. This is 



