CHAPTEE XV. 



Sehore Guinea -"Worms Man killed by Tiger Preparations for the Hunt- 

 Impatient Sportsman Pursuit The Tiger checked A Charge A 

 Struggle for the Mastery The Tiger slain Sirdarpore Prospects of 

 Sport Tigress shot at Baug Five Bears seen Panther shot Tigress 

 at Bingnode : her Death A Pony speared Opium Cultivation. 



DURING the short period of my tenure of office at Sehore, my 

 official duties obliged me to remain at my post, and I had 

 but little leisure for the chase. The country was still in an 

 unsettled state, and as it had been decreed that a European 

 force should be located at Sironj, I was employed in forward- 

 ing men and material for the construction of temporary 

 barracks at that place. It was subsequently abandoned, as 

 the troops suffered much from fever, and a number of men 

 were laid up with guinea-worm in the legs and feet. How 

 these creatures find their way into the human frame is, I 

 believe, a mystery to medical men. They appear in all parts 

 of the lower limbs, causing intense pain, and much swelling of 

 the afflicted part. The worm, which is sometimes nearly two 

 feet in length and one-eighth of an inch in breadth, lodges 

 itself among the muscles and tendons. Shortly before it ap- 

 pears on the surface of the skin a small blister rises, and soon 

 after the head of the worm comes out. This must be secured 

 by rolling it round a small bit of cloth or other substance, 

 but no forcible extraction should be attempted. The part 

 must be kept moist and well protected, and such portion of 



