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a tiger standing with his back towards him ; he 

 silently retreated ; but as he did so, he saw there 

 was a pack of wild dogs in front of the tiger, yelp- 

 ing at him, and making the peculiar noise which 

 had previously attracted his attention. Having pro- 

 cured his rifle, he returned with some of his men 

 to the spot ; the tiger was gone, but a large pack 

 of wild dogs was feeding upon the body of a stag, 

 which upon examination was found to have been 

 killed by the tiger, for there were marks of its 

 teeth upon the stag's neck. The dogs had evidently 

 driven him from his prey.' But the general belief 

 of the wild tribes of India is borne out by two 

 stories told by Colonel Baldwin of their attacking 

 the bear and the tiger, which put the fact beyond 

 doubt. A bear was found by an English officer 

 standing at bay before the dogs. He had killed 

 one ; but his hide and body were torn in strips by 

 the bites of the pack. In the other case, the fresh 

 bones of a tiger were found, from which the flesh 

 had been eaten ; one paw still remained whole, and 

 close by lay the freshly-killed bodies of three wild 

 dogs which had fallen in the fight. Remembering 

 not only the strength and activity of the tiger, but 

 the astonishing pluck with which, even when wounded, 

 it will constantly charge a line of elephants, and en- 

 deavour to scale the howdah which is, in fact, a 



