106 TIGERS. 



ed information that a tiger was lying in an op- 

 en field of barley not far from the cantonments. 



The General accompanied by the Surgeon 

 of the battalion Mr. Law,, mounted his ele- 

 phant and went in pursuit of the animal; the 

 barley was thin, so that they could see the 

 tiger as he lay at a considerable distance from 

 them. When they approached within about 

 a hundred yards of him, he rose up and ran 

 furiously towards them, roaring, and just as 

 he was crouching to make a spring on the 

 elephant, they both fired at the same instant. 

 Both their balls took effect ; one in the breast, 

 and the other in the head. The tiger must 

 have been off the ground when the balls 

 struck him, as he fell close to the elephant's 

 feet, which alarmed the elephant so much, . 

 that he set off at full speed, and with all the 

 driver could do it was not in his power to stop 

 him until he reached home. This was the 

 only instance I ever knew or heard, of a 

 tiger's attacking an elephant unprovoked; 

 and on examining the body of the tiger, the 



