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sides with a jerk, I bounded out at the 

 same instant that the tiger landed head 

 foremost through the broken panels on the 

 other side of my palanquin Seeing a tree 

 within a few yards of me, to seize a bough 

 and spring up into it was the work of 

 an instant; and, before the tiger had 

 recovered from his surprise, I was well 

 up in the branches, and, for the present, 

 out of danger. My consternation was 

 great at finding myself clothed only in a 

 shirt and pde-jdmas (muslin drawers), in 

 the middle of a damp tree on a chilly 

 night ; and, to add to my misery, I had 

 not the slightest idea what hour it was, 

 or how long I should have to remain 

 there. I knew that the tiger would be 

 obliged to make a start of it at day- 

 light, as we were on the high road where 

 many people would then be passing, 



