CHAPTER IV. 



A Tiger sups on Beef Preparations made for Eevenge His first 

 Appearance His second His last Charms and Witchcraft. 



AFTER a plunge in the river on the following 

 morning, the hunters were sitting enjoying the early 

 cup of tea outside their tents. They were chatting 

 over the adventures of the previous day, and specu- 

 lating on what the current one would produce in 

 the shape of sport, when a native was discerned 

 running towards them at full speed, shouting and 

 gesticulating wildly as he did so. 



" Tiger ! tiger ! tiger ! He has killed my cow ! 

 He has killed my cow ! He has half-eaten my 

 cow ! " Such were his exclamations as he ap- 

 proached ; and when he reached the tea-drinkers, 

 such still continued the burden of his wailing. 

 Apparently he considered it sufficiently explanatory 

 to induce the sportsmen to start off at once to the 

 rescue of the yet undemolished remains of the un- 

 fortunate cow ; for it was some little time before 

 they could obtain from him any coherent account 

 of what had taken place. 



