40 SPORTING IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. 



spread the news of a " baag" or tiger, before my arrival at 

 my tent, I must own, in rather a nervous condition, and very 

 glad to partake of that universal Oriental restorative a 

 glass of brandy pawnee. Every gun and musket in the 

 camp were shortly laid under contribution for a combined 

 attack upon the tigress, but upon returning to the spot (very 

 cautiously as may be imagined) where I had first seen her, 

 both she and her family had vanished. We traced her to 

 the jungle, but there lost her tracks in its thick intricacies. 

 This first and rather abrupt meeting with a royal tiger 

 inspired me with a deference and respect towards their 

 feline majesties which I had hardly felt before, was destined 

 to last for the remainder of my life, and was confirmed by 

 all subsequent experience. 



Several days afterwards, while shooting in a high jungle, 

 I came upon a troop of monkeys; I had not seen any since 

 my Conjiveram adventure, and considered that this time 

 jacko was at all events fair game. Accordingly, I loaded 

 with ball, and taking deliberate aim at one of the largest I 

 could approach within shot of, brought him to the ground. 

 Upon going up to him the poor beast applied his paw or 

 rather hand to his wound, looking up in my face in an 

 imploring manner, and the tears trickling from his eyes. I 

 was shocked at the wanton cruelty I had committed, soon 

 put an end to his sufferings, and never shot at another 

 monkey. 



One of the most interesting halts we made on our line 

 of march was at the ruins of Bejapoor or Visiapour. The 

 immense extent and colossal grandeur of these remains, 

 attested what must have been once the power and mag- 

 nificence of the Mogul Empire. Domes, still standing, 

 much larger in circumference than St. Paul's, and the 

 walls, of an immense thickness, described a circumvallation 

 of more than twenty miles. Several stone guns of enormous 



