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EXCITING RENCONTRE WITH THREE TIGERS. 



seized the big Laing, but the tiger never slackened his pace, 

 and I only got a snap shot at him as he was going over 

 the spur of the hill about thirty yards off, but the ball 

 arrived at the spot just after he had disappeared ; I fancy 

 he must have seen my people as they were all lying asleep 

 in the open. 



On Monday, October 5th, 1857, I had an exciting ren- 

 contre with three tigers. When I came home on Saturday I 

 was informed that one of the elephant keepers had heard 



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THE MID-DAY SIESTA. 



wild elephants that morning in the direction of Pereavai 

 Colum. It was too late to go after them that day, so I de- 

 cided on going for them this morning, first visiting the bison 

 I had killed in that direction on Thursday, to see if it had 

 been touched by tigers. When we got to the spot we found 

 that the carcass had been dragged out of the high brush- 

 wood to a bamboo clump, where it had been half eaten. 



