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near two or three of these green tufts, which gene- 

 rally surrounded a lodgment of water, or little pond, 

 in the midst of the sand. 



" The way in which these ferocious animals are 

 traced out is very curious, and if related in England, 

 would scarcely be credited. A number of unarmed, 

 half-naked villagers, go prying from side to side of 

 the bush, just as a boy in England would look after 

 a stray sheep, or peep after a bird's nest. Where 

 the jungle was too thick for them to see through, 

 the elephants putting their trunks down into the 

 bush, forced their way through, tearing up every- 

 thing by the roots before them. About four miles 

 from our tents we were all surrounding a bush, 

 which might be some fifty yards in circumference 

 (all includes William Eraser, alone upon his great 

 elephant, Mr. Barton and myself, upon another 

 equally large, Mr. Wilder upon another, and eight 

 other elephants ; horsemen at a distance, and foot- 

 men peeping into the bushes). Our different ele- 

 phants were each endeavouring to force his way 

 through, when a great elephant without a howdah 

 on his back, called * Muckna,' a fine and much es- 

 teemed kind of elephant, (a male without large 

 teeth) put up, from near the centre of the bush, a 

 royal Tiger. In an instant Eraser called out, ' Now, 

 Lady H. be calm, be steady, and take a good aim ; 

 here he is ! ' I confess, at the moment of thus sud- 

 denly coming upon our ferocious victim, my heart 

 beat very high, and for a second I wished myself 

 far enough off; but curiosity, and the eagerness of 



