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himself to revenge her death,— forsook his cattle and prop- 

 erty,— resigned them to his brother, and offered his services 

 to be of the tiger-killing party, and strayed about the jungles, 

 until he was heard of no more." 



"A camel driver, who had been just married, was bringing 

 home his bride, when a tiger followed, and kept them in view 

 a great part of the road, for an opportunity to seize one of 

 them. The bride having occasion to alight, was immediately 

 pounced upon by the ferocious beast, and he scampered away 

 with her in his mouth. A shepherd was taken by a young 

 tiger, which was followed by the mother, a large tigress, and 

 devoured at a distance of two miles; and a Bunnia, or 

 dealer, from Bolarum, was seized returning from a fair. A 

 woman, with an infant about a year old, was captured by a 

 tiger ; and the infant was found by the Puttal, or head of the 

 village, who brought it to his house. Some of the Company's 

 elephants that were going for forage were chased by a tiger, 

 which was kept off by a spearman ; and a comical chase of 

 :hem was made up to Doongal, the elephants running before 

 the tiger, until they entered the village. It is said the lives 

 lost by these tigers amounted to about three hundred per- 

 sons in one year, within the range of seven villages; and 

 the destruction of cattle, sheep, and goats, was said to be 

 immense." 



An Intrepid Captain Brown in his " Natural History of 

 Hunter. Animals " tells a thrilling story of an adventure of 

 Lieutenant Collet, of the Bombay army, who having heard 

 that a very large tiger had destroyed seven inhabitants of an 

 adjacent village, resolved, with another officer, to attempt the 

 destruction of the monster. Having ordered seven elephants, 

 they went in quest of the animal, which they found sleeping 

 beneath a bush. Roused by the noise of the elephants, he 

 made a furious charge upon them, and Lieutenant Collet's 

 elephant received him on her shoulder, the other six having 

 turned about, and run off, notwithstanding the exertions of 



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