CHAPTER XX. 



THE GREAT ANNAMULLAY FOREST — continued. 

 A ROGUE ELEPHANT, 



Naga's party join us. — News of a rogue elephant. — Chineah 



despatched for the bison's spoils. — B 's luck. — The start. 



— We strike a fresh trail. — Fall in with the tusker. — Our pro- 

 ceedings. — B 'a excellent shot. — The ivories. — A discus- 

 sion on " rogues." — The cutting-out of the tusks. — Return to 



the low country. — Arrival of our guests. — Dinner. — B 's 



adventure of a " griffin." — The lion and tiger compared. — My 

 first lion. — We again ascend the Ghaut. — Good cheer. — Con- 

 sultation. — Elephant-spoors. — The trail followed up. — K 's 



rashness. — An escape. — A small tusker falls. — Return to the 

 hut. — B 's bag. — A storm. — Return to cantonment. 



Shortly after we had retired to rest, I was 

 awakened by an extraordinary noise and bustle 

 outside our hut ; and, on caUing for Cliineah, found 

 that Naga and Veerapah, with a party of Carders, 

 had come in, having missed their way until attracted 

 by our fire. Naga reported that the Carders had 

 told him of a bull-elephant, with large tusks, that 

 had been seen several times lately in a wooded 

 ravine about two coss (four miles) distant ; and that 



