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Wounds are probably due to some animal. I 

 am sure, as with horses, the treatment is per chloride 

 and iodine, not carbolic. I have been dressed with 

 pure carbolic on three separate occasions and have 

 never thought it did me good. I have had con- 

 siderable experience of tiger or panther wounds, 

 and have treated half a dozen men myself. 



Once when I was mauled we were after pig, and 

 put up a big panther who jinked back sharp from 

 us to G who was coming up late. His horse would 

 not face the panther, nor would he make room for 

 me, and when I did get in we were all at a halt. I 

 speared the panther in the shoulder, but he was too 

 heavy to hold off. He sprang up and sprawled on 

 the pommel of my saddle and Crispin's wither, but 

 I drove him down with the spear still in him. He 

 again sprang up, and this time bit Crispin through 

 the windpipe. I was still doing my utmost to hold 

 the panther off, and keeping the spear well in him 

 forced him down again. He again sprang up, and 

 this time wrenched the spear away, biting my hand 

 first and then seizing me by the thigh and pulling 

 me off. So far I was getting the worst of the argu- 

 ment, but Captain Talbot of the 17th Lancers made 

 a not unwelcome appearance and came to my 

 rescue. The panther made a tremendous bound, 

 and, although Talbot was riding a big horse, seemed 

 to come down in a curve on him. I clearly remember 

 that Talbot looked as if he were spearing up at the 

 panther in the air. Talbot missed ; the panther 

 took the whole of his hand in his mouth and dragged 

 him off too. Others, however, came up, and the 

 panther got away, and to my great sorrow was never 

 retrieved. People were busy looking after us. 

 Talbot had a nasty hand, and I owe him a debt of 



