90 TIGERS. 



given as a reason for their being more troublesome 

 during the hot months, than at any other season, 

 the grass obliging them to quit the heavy covers, 

 and the pursuit of animals of the forest, for the 

 easier prey of men and cattle. 



Major General Sir Dyson Marshal, command- 

 ing a Battalion at Hazaree Bang, received in- 

 formation that a tiger was lying in an open field 

 of barley not far from the cantonments. 



The general, accompanied by the surgeon of 

 the Battalion, Mr. Law, mounted his elephant, and 

 went in pursuit of the animal ; the barley was 

 thin, so that they could see the tiger as he lay at 

 a considerable distance from them. When they 

 approached within a hundred yards of him, he 

 rose up and ran furiously towards them, roaring ; 

 and just as he was crouching to make a spring on 

 the elephant, they both fired at the same instant. 

 Both their balls took effect; one in the breast, 

 and the other in the head. The tiger must have 

 been off the ground when the balls struck him, as 

 he fell close to the elephant's feet, which alarmed 

 the elephant so much, that he set off at full speed, 

 and with all the driver could do, it was not in his 

 power to stop him until he reached home. This 



