316 WILD MEN AND WILD BEASTS. 



Evans then took Cadell on his elephant, while Murray joined 

 me. 



Between our elephant and the tiger was a space of about 

 100 yards, covered with long green grass and large boulders. 

 No sooner did the tiger see us advance towards him, than he 

 charged from a distance of at least eighty yards, roaring as he 

 came on. Our mahout behaved very well, but the elephant, 

 which was greatly excited, shook his head and swayed his 

 body so much that accurate shooting was impossible. We each 

 fired both barrels, but the tiger came on, and I fully expected to 

 see him on the elephant's head. The latter, however, wheeled 

 round suddenly, knocking Murray and me together in the 

 howdah in a most undignified manner. Fortunately the tiger 

 contented himself with a demonstration, and, catching up my 

 second rifle, I shot him behind the shoulder as he went by. 

 He dashed on for thirty yards, when, reaching the edge of the 

 covert, he turned sharp and crouched for another charge. The 

 end of his tail was twitching ominously, when, the mahout 

 having somewhat steadied the elephant, Murray rolled him 

 over with a shell, and another shot finished him. The Bashi 

 and Cadell, who had witnessed the charge, now came up, and 

 indulged in many pleasant jokes at our expense, imitating 

 what they called our double-wobble style of taking aim. The 

 tiger was a fine heavy beast 9 feet 10 inches in length. 

 On removing his skin we came on a small wound evidently 

 two days old, and from it we extracted a fragment of the shell 

 which Murray had fired at Nulwye, and were thereby assured 

 of the identity of the tiger. 



Eeturning to the tents, we had some luncheon, and then 

 went off after the bear which had been marked in the early 

 morning. She was lying in an intricate network of small 

 tortuous nullahs, having steep clay banks, and we had some 



