114 TIGERS. 



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ed at a short distance. Just before I arrived 

 at the village of Lucina near the foot of the 

 Ghaut, in a close part of the road bordering 

 on a deep ravine, where the bushes were very 

 thick, I was suddenly alarmed by a hideous 

 bark or grunt of an animal close to me, 

 which 1 could not see, from his keeping behind 

 a very thick bush. I instantly spurred my 

 horse to get on, but he would neither go for- 

 ward or backward, and when urged, began to 

 rear; The animal still remaining behind the 

 bush, grunting quicker and quicker, as if on 

 the point of charging. 1 had the presence of 

 mind to direct the link-man to pour more oil 

 on his link, with hopes that a larger flame 

 would keep him off, unfortunately he threw- 

 on so much as entirely to extinguish the 

 flame, and every moment I expected that he 

 would spring on one of us, from which I think 

 he was deterred, by hearing the near approach 

 of our second division. 



As soon as I heard them near us, I called 

 out for them to make a loud shout, in which 



