320 WILD MEN AND WILD BEASTS. 



Two miles up theGoee two small tigers had been seen ; the track 

 of a large tiger had been followed up to a mass of cypress in 

 the Nerbudda ; while a buffalo had been killed at Morkutta, 

 four miles down the river. We started soon after breakfast, 

 having given orders for the camp to be moved to Morkutta. 

 We commenced with the large tiger in the cypress, and having 

 forded the river on the elephants, we drew lots for places. 

 Murray and I were stationed in trees on a high bank over- 

 looking the covert, while Cadell, the Bashi, and the geologists, 

 went in on elephants. The covert was very dense, filled with 

 water-holes, rocks, and deep gullies cut by the action of heavy 

 floods. The men on the elephants had all the fun to them- 

 selves, and we had to content ourselves with listening to the 

 reports of their rifles, varied now and then by the roars of the 

 charging tiger, who gave some trouble before he died. He 

 was a short beast, being only 9 feet 2 inches in length, but 

 very stout and heavy. 



Having still much work before us, we lost no time, and at 

 once recrossing the Nerbudda we proceeded to beat up the 

 tigers in the Goee. They were lying in some ravines near an 

 old ruined fort in the jungle, and on being started, passed 



near Mr. B , who dropped them both. Though only 



young beasts, 6 feet 3 inches in length, they were very 

 savage, and one of them clawed an elephant severely on the 

 trunk. The day was far advanced, so we at once pushed on 

 for Morkutta, where we knew the markers were anxiously 

 awaiting our arrival. But when we arrived on the ground, 

 the sun was low in the heavens, and we feared that night 

 would overtake us before we had accomplished our work. A 

 consultation was therefore held, and we agreed to rest content 

 with our day's sport. We accordingly adjourned to the tent, 

 sending men to tie up another buffalo for the tigers, and on 



