CHAPTER IV. 



E lay concealed for 

 the remainder of the 

 day, and nothing 

 happened to annoy 

 or disturb us, but my 

 guide assured me 

 that not a native would be persuaded, for 

 love or money, to enter that terrible 

 jungle ; he said there were nearly as many 

 skeletons of human beings in it as trees. 

 When a tiger killed a native and this 

 was almost a daily occurrence he carried 

 him off to this wood to devour him here 

 at his leisure, as he was sure not to be 



