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brought in till the next morning) made 

 them look upon us as sportsmen entitled 

 to some respect. As the dinner pro- 

 gressed, conversation became more gene- 

 ral, and we soon were in harmony with 

 each other. The Artillery officers, of 

 whom I spoke before as joining our de- 

 tachment, had made their appearance at 

 our mess for the first time, and proved, as 

 the Artillery officers always do, a great 

 acquisition to our party. The Captain in 

 command of them had been many years 

 in India and was a great sportsman ; so 

 when the cloth was removed, and we were 

 enjoying our wine, one of his officers 

 asked him to relate the adventure he once 

 had with a tiger in the Rajmahal Hills ; 

 this he consented to do, and filling his 

 glass, commenced : 



" You must all know that twenty years 



