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crushed the bones between his teeth. With wonderful 

 presence of mind and fortitude Bradford lay still, and the 

 tiger was driven off and shot by his companions. The 

 nearest medical aid was at Auggur, sixty miles distant, and 

 thither a horseman was at once despatched. Meanwhile, a 

 litter having been made, the wounded man was borne in the 

 same direction. Dr. Beaumont, the medical officer at Auggur, 

 was fortunately a man of intelligence and decision. Taking 

 his instruments with him, he mounted his horse and rode off 

 to meet his friends, with whom he fell in twenty-five miles 

 from the cantonment. The heat at this time was intense, and 

 observing symptoms of mortification setting in, Beaumont 

 there and then took out the arm from the shoulder-joint, and 

 saved the life of his patient, who now shoots, rides, and plays 

 cricket, with as much energy as ever. 



Soon after breakfast we heard an outcry, and running out, 

 saw a wolf with a kid in his mouth crossing the plain near 

 the tents. On being pursued, he dropped the kid, and retiring 

 a couple of hundred yards, sat down. I got an old rifle from 

 one of the servants and went after him, but it had apparently 

 been loaded with native powder, for the ball dropped at fifty 

 yards from the muzzle. In the afternoon I rode on twenty- 

 four miles to Jowra, where I was hospitably entertained by 

 the Nawaub. He showed me a breech-loading gun, every 

 part of which had been made from an English pattern by one 

 of his own native artificers. The finish throughout was un- 

 commonly good. 



Next day I rode to Neemuch, sixty miles, and on the fol- 

 lowing morning joined Hay ward at his camp, about ten miles 

 from the fortress of Chittore. We frequently went out on 

 fishing excursions, our party consisting of five, including two 

 ladies. We caught a number of bright, silvery little fish, 



