CHAPTER XXII. 



The Meet at Muudlaisir Three Tigers at Burnea One shot Panther killed 

 Bees at Zerbar Wild Pig Tiger shot Tigress and Cubs at Buluk- 

 warra Three Bears murdered Tigers at Nulwye One shot A Cowardly 

 Mahout Tigress shot Panther at Kirnowee The Mahout chastised-g 

 Big Tiger at Oochawud Bear and Cub Three Bears shot Tiger Cubs 

 Hyaena caught r- Panther shot Alligators at Dinner Tigress shot at 

 Bowtee Tigers in three places Three shot Camp at Morkutta Three 

 more The Hum Pahl Bear shot Precautions against Thieves Two 

 Bears shot Camp at Hutnee River Two Tigers slain Measurements 

 of Tigers White Ants Divide the Spoils Cadell departs Elephant 

 in Quicksand Three Tigers poisoned Tiger shot Bear and Cubs 

 Bear wounded Three Tigers shot Man mauled by Tigress Return to 

 Sirdarpore. 



ABOUT the 31st of March 1864, our party met at Mundlaisir 

 for a long-projected shooting excursion. We were four guns, 

 viz. Captain John Evans, alias " The Bashi," 6th Inniskilling 

 Dragoons ; Captain Murray, 72d Highlanders ; Captain T. 

 Cadell, V.C. ; and myself. Previous to this the country south 

 of the Nerbudda had been explored by Cadell's men, while 

 mine had devoted their attention to the district north of the 

 river. By this means we had learnt the position of a number 

 of beasts, and were thus enabled to march from point to point 

 without loss of time. At Mundlaisir we met Mr. Nils 

 Mitander, a Swedish gentleman, who had come out to India to 

 superintend the erection of an iron-smelting establishment in 

 Mmar. The afternoon was spent in some final preparations, 

 and in the evening we took a boat and pushed out into the 

 middle of the clear stream, where we had a delightful swim. 



