172 TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS y 
gone. The patch itself was not more than seventy 
yards in diameter. I called to the men to stretch out 
and surround the place, and make as much noise as 
possible, keeping close together. 
As soon as the patch was surrounded, I told the 
Tungku to send the two elephants, the one he had 
been on and the other one carrying stores, back to 
his kampong for more men, and the men as they 
came on were to cut and load up the elephants with 
all the dry wood they could; also each man was to 
carry some wood and as many of the long nets as 
had been made. These I intended to spread out 
at the back and as much around the sides as possi- 
ble, making doubly sure he should not escape. I 
told the Tungku we would not leave the spot until 
the tiger had been killed. I had a platform built 
with “kaj-ongs” forming the roof. This was very 
soon finished, and late in the afternoon the elephants 
returned with more foodstuffs, wood and forty men. 
Each man had gathered a good bundle of dried 
wood, which wood I had passed around, as I in- 
tended to form a circle of fire and keep the tiger 
within the circle. I then had the fires started and 
they were kept up the whole night, but in the morn- 
ing the fires that were in front of the platform were 
allowed to die out, and after the men had taken 
turns eating, I ordered them to close in about twen- 
ty-five feet, throwing the fire before them. In this 
way I kept narrowing the circle every few hours 
while we on the platform kept a keen lookout. 
