250 HAUNTS AND HOBBIES 



the coverlet in which the body had been wrapped. The 

 animals were a species of badger, styled among Euro- 

 peans, from its habits, as the gravedigger. 



Sir Rollo Gillespie was a man of extreme courage, and 

 also of unusual bodily strength. Of his courage and 

 strength I have either heard or read the following story. 

 At some fair in Bengal a tiger that was being exhibited 

 had escaped from its cage. There was wild confusion. 

 Sir Rollo happened to be present. He was riding 

 an Arab horse, which he had trained to perfectly obey 

 him ; he had in his hand a spear — one of those short- 

 handled, exceedingly sharp-bladed spears used in wild 

 boar hunting. The tiger lay crouched on the ground ; 

 Sir Rollo rode up and made his horse leap over it. As 

 the horse rose in his leap Sir Rollo dug down his spear, 

 and with such force that the tiger rolled over dead, 

 pierced through and through. 



