196 IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE. 



which is said to accompany tigers and leopards 

 in their nightly prowls, and to make its supper off 

 their leavings. This night it seemed to me that the 

 "PheeallV cry ended off with a plaintive yell, and 

 it kept up this cry for more than an hour, just round 

 the spot where the tiger was said to be lying. My 

 chuprassee said this was a sure sign that the tiger 

 was dead, as the " Pheeall" was bemoaning the loss 

 of its supper-finder. 



Feeling sure the tiger was dead, I next morning 

 told my jemadar (headman) to accompany the 

 men in their search, and gave him my gun 

 with a couple of rounds of ball cartridge, 

 just to lend confidence to the party. The 

 searchers were barely gone half-an-hour when 

 I heard two reports in rapid succession. Fearing 

 some accident, I hastily placed four ball cartridges 

 in my pocket, and ran to the spot where we had 

 searched the previous evening. There I found 

 about a dozen men up in the trees, and my 

 jemadar and two villagers coolly searching in 

 the jungle. On inquiry, my jemadar told me 

 the tiger was still alive, and had apparently been 

 sleeping all night under some bushes a few paces 

 behind the tree that had sheltered me the previous 

 day ; so that while we had been looking for it in front, 

 it was all the time watching us from behind. The 

 wonder is that it did not rush out and attack us ! 

 There was its form distinct enough, on the 

 ground, and a little dried blood from the arrow 

 wound. The natives said the tiger was weak from 

 the effect of the poison of the arrows. These arrows 



