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matchlocks, swords, and bows. I greeted him pleasantly, and 

 after some conversation I told him the terms on which he 

 might come in. They were at once accepted, and he rode back 

 with us to the camp, while his men returned to the forest. 

 The news of his arrival created no small stir among the troops, 

 and my tent was surrounded by the men, anxious to get a 

 sight of the redoubtable freebooter, who was allowed to be at 

 large on parole. The result of these attentions was, that he 

 took fright and fled in the night ; and for long after he con- 

 tinued to be a thorn in the flesh both to his own chief and to 

 the British officer in political charge of the district. Soon 

 after this the force broke up and proceeded to quarters, and 

 my work in this country being only of a temporary nature I 

 returned to Mundlaisir. 



When encamped with the force we received intelligence 

 of a tiger which had lain up in some long grass in the bottom 

 of a small ravine. I went out with two other officers, and 

 having taken positions in trees, men were sent to hurl down 

 stones from some overhanging rocks. The tiger was at once 

 started, and passed under the tree on which one of my friends 

 was posted. He fired, missing right and left, and the tiger 

 went off into the jungle. About this time I saw a specimen 

 of the flying squirrel, which was brought in by one of the 

 men. It was brownish-gray in colour, and over two feet in 

 length. On either side a web of loose skin connected the fore 

 and hind legs. In springing from tree to tree these webs are 

 spread out, and, acting like sails, enable the animal to make 

 surprising leaps. Another singular creature was captured one 

 night near the tents. It was nearly four feet in length and 

 about One in height, tapering from the middle of its body to 

 the nose and tail. The legs were short, and the toes furnished 



