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the chase, put fear out of my head in a minute ; the 

 Tiger made a charge at the Muckna, and then ran 

 back into the jungle. Mr. Wilder then put his ele- 

 phant in, and drove him out at the opposite side. 

 He charged over the plain away from us, and Wilder 

 fired two balls at him, but knew not whether they 

 took effect. The bush in which he was found was 

 one on the west bank of one of those little half dry 

 ponds of which I have spoken. Mr. Barton and I 

 conjecturing that, as there was no other thick cover 

 near, he would probably soon return, took our stand 

 in the centre of the open space ; in a minute the 

 Tiger ran into the bushes on the east side ; I saw 

 him quite plain ; we immediately put our elephant 

 into the bushes, and poked about till the horsemen, 

 who were reconnoitring round the outside of the 

 whole jungle, saw him slink under the bushes to the 

 north side ; hither we followed him, and from thence 

 traced him by his growling, back to the outer part 

 of the eastern bushes. Here he started out just 

 before the trunk of our elephant, with a tremendous 

 growl or grunt, and made a charge at another ele- 

 phant farther out on the plain, retreating again im- 

 mediately under cover. Fraser fired at him, but we 

 suppose without effect ; and he called to us for our 

 elephant to pursue him into his cover. 



" With some difficulty we made our way to the 

 inside of the southern bushes ; and as we were look- 

 ing through the thicket, we perceived beau Tiger 

 slink away under them. Mr. Barton fired, and hit 

 him a mortal blow about the shoulder or back, for 



