96 TIGERS. 



thigh. The horror I felt can be better ima- 

 gined than described. All my servants and 

 the natives who knew the circumstances firm- 

 ly believed that the owl was an omen of the 

 poor Classic's death. All the particular cir- 

 cumstances of the foregoing event, were so 

 forcibly imprinted on my mind at the time, 

 that although it took place upwards of 28 

 years since, it appears but as yesterday. 



It is remarkable that during the first three 

 years I resided at Chittrah, although I was 

 shooting on foot almost every day, through 

 the thickest cover, sometimes in company 

 with Mr. Smith, and often alone, I never saw 

 a tiger; and then, within the space of a month, 

 I met with five or six, in places where I had 

 been constantly in the habit of shooting. 



I have often heard it said that the Phedll,* 

 or provider as it is commonly called, always 



* Pheall I belieye was the original, and is now the 

 proper name, but they are better known in Ramghur 



