ADVENTURES IN CAMP AND JUNGLE. 271 



On Thursday morning we were informed that a buffalo had 

 been killed during the night close to the spot where we had 

 slain the two tigers on Tuesday, and that the tracks led into 

 the cypress. Thinking the beast would be too lazy to break 

 cover, we placed additional markers on the banks on trees and 

 other elevated places, and, mounting the elephant, we entered 

 the jungle. The tiger was a cunning one ; and on hearing 

 us he sneaked down the covert for 300 or 400 yards, and then, 

 leaving the bed of the stream, went up among the ravines. 

 Our men ran after, and did their best to keep him in sight, 

 but to no purpose ; and though we searched far and wide, we 

 could not find him ; so, leaving word for the buffaloes to be 

 again tied up, we returned to camp. 



The tiger came down to the river in the night, again 

 killed a buffalo, and again lay up in the cypress. We went 

 at him after breakfast on Friday. He had moved to the strip 

 of cover on the far side. As we beat slowly down on the 

 elephant, he again broke shyly and scrambled up a very 

 steep part of the bank, where four or five small watercourses, 

 meeting at one point, entered the river by an abrupt fall. 

 We fired several long shots, but failed to stop him. The 

 elephant was unable to follow at this place, and we had to 

 return and make a considerable circuit to ascend the bank, 

 and then we found we had to turn the head of several ravines 

 before we could arrive at that by which the tiger had left the 

 river. We passed round the heads of all its tributaries, care- 

 fully examining the ground, but found no tracks, from which 

 we gathered that we had succeeded in heading our game. 

 The heat at this time was great, and Ward, who was not very 

 well, began to be knocked up, so, getting off the elephant, he 

 took shelter under a tree while I went to closely hunt up each 

 small watercourse by passing up one side and down the other. 



