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fine specimen, his dimensions being as follows : — 

 Length from tip of nose to point of tail, 10 feet 2 

 inches; length of tail, 3 feet 1 inch ; girth of body, 

 6 feet 1 inch; girth round fore-arm, 2 feet 10 

 inches; height at shoulder, 3 feet 9 inches; circum- 

 ference of head, 3 feet 5 inches. The tigress was 

 much less, not measuring more than 9 feet 5 inches 

 from the tip of the nose to the point of the tail, and 

 her limbs smaller in proportion. 



The melancholy fate of poor Ali had spread a 

 gloom upon us all, and the eamp, which usually 

 resounded with mirth, seemed strangely still and 

 silent ; so, to give the people something else to think 

 about, I ordered a couple of sheep to be killed and 

 distributed with an extra allowance of tobacco, which 

 had the desired effect, for in the course of a short 

 time cooking-pots and brass curry-dishes were boil- 

 ing and bubbling on every side, and the busy hum 

 of voices was heard throughout the bivouac as usual. 



Towards evening, Chineah and his party returned 

 from their reconnaisance with three young " squeak- 

 ers," (hog,) which the dogs had captured alive, and 

 they reported that they had come across a large 

 herd of bison, browsing in some bamboo-jungle half- 

 way up the hill, and had left them undisturbed, so 

 that we should most likely find them near the place 

 on the morrow. 



After having dined substantially upon a prime 

 haunch of roast venison, and grilled sucking-pig, we 

 adjourned to our camp-fire, which was lighted in a 



