22 DESCRIPTION OF A HUNQUAH. 



run from the noise; the only part where there 

 is danger,, is near the nets, the tigers seeing 

 therr, and not knowing which way to escape, 

 become enraged, and sometimes a poor fellow 

 in their way feels the effects of their fury. 



When they had arrived within about a 

 mile or a mile and half of the nets, which occu- 

 pied many hours to accomplish, they increased 

 their pace and noise, and were then joined by 

 the party sent to set fire to the sides of the 

 jungle ; who constantly let off fire works and 

 guns, which assisted them much in urging the 

 animals on to the nets. When they approach- 

 ed ; such confusion arose as is past all descrip- 

 tion. Balls and arrows were flying in all di- 

 rections, some of the party were screaming, 

 others shouting, drums and other noisy instru- 

 ments beating ; many animals were caught in 

 the nets, but a far greater number escaped, 

 either by leaping over them, or not becoming 

 entangled, and so passing over them after 

 they had fallen. 



