12 SHOOTING AT JOGEE WALLAH. 



interesting incidents. Our sport was good, 

 but tame. 



The 15th brought us back to Jogee 

 Wallah, the scene of our first day's sport. 

 Had some capital deer-shooting, pea-fowl, 

 &c., as usual, but no tiger. Got into camp 

 early, and had the howdahs off the elephants, 

 when in came two little boys crying, to tell 

 us that a tiger had just taken off one of their 

 bullocks. Howdahs on immediately, guns 

 reloaded, all in hot haste, and starting in a 

 great state of excitement, formed line in 

 front of where the tiger had gone. My 

 elephant came right upon him in a large 

 patch of very long grass ; he bolted, and I 

 had two bad shots at him whilst in the grass. 

 These turned him straight for Robyn's ele- 

 phant, and I thought he was going to charge. 

 Four shots were fired by Robyn, and the line 

 was by this time in full pursuit ; but all in 

 vain, we could never find him again. We tried 

 for him next morning very early, and found 

 that during the night he had dragged his 

 bullock more than a hundred yards from the 



