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was picked up quite dead ; the throat was ftightfuUy lacerated, and 

 the left shoulder with its scapular bone was entirely crunched to 

 pieces: the little fellow fought well, and left a deep wound on the fore 

 arm of the big male. 



I was curious to know whether we could find traces of the young 

 one eaten the night before in the stomach of the old fellow : we had 

 him opened, and the contents of his stomach examined : his having 

 practised cannibalism was beyond all controversy, for there were huge 

 pieces of flesh with skin and hair entire, in a state of semi-decom- 

 position, taken out of it. 



I subsequently bagged the tigress, with great difficulty ; and thus 

 perished the whole family of tigers of Bhogpore. 



FEMALE ELEPHANT CARRYING HER YOUNG. 



A large single male tusker that I had been stalking the whole day 

 made off and joined a herd of seven full-grown females and three 

 young ones; one of the latter was, apparently, only a few days old — 

 a little overgrown pig-looking sort of thing. When in the herd the 

 tusker appeared more easy, and I was able to get within shot: 1 killed 

 him with the first bullet; he dropped dead in the middle of the herd. 

 There was a rush ; some of the females even attempted, finding he 

 did not follow, to return and assist him up by pushing at him with 

 their trunks. My brother and a parly of five natives were on the 

 opposite side of the valley waiting for the tusker, in the event of his 

 not being killed and going that way. The female herd, finding the 

 tusker did not follow, broke up the valley in the direction of my 

 brother's party : I called out to him to look out as the herd was 

 coming full spell on the top of them. He and his party had just time 

 to leave the well-worn track made by these sagacious creatures 

 throughout the forests when the herd came up : the other females and 

 older young ones, seeing the party before them, swerved and breasted 

 the hill, leaving the old mother elephant and her newly-born progeny 

 to struggle up after. The sagacious creature stood, threw dust and 

 rubbish at a dog which had run up to attack the young Miathee' 

 (elephant), and then taking the little fellow up by the trunk, she put 

 that organ into her mouth and magnificently strode up the hill after 

 the receding herd, with young hathee dangling like a pendant in the 

 air. It was the most comical, and yet the most astonishiiig sight we 

 had ever witnessed ; and as a fact in the natural history of these 

 animals, I think it stands unique. 



