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dently intended to do." — Times of India, April 

 20th, 1874. 



" The writer of ' Three Months in the Forests of 

 Travankor ' describes the following scene in the 

 forest : — ' Threading our way carefully, single file, 

 along the narrow track, now cutting a path through 

 the dense jungle with our hunting knives (essential 

 appendages to an expedition such as ours), again 

 getting to a clearer space where the fresh breezes 

 fanned our heated brow, and glimpses of wooded 

 hills and slopes and valleys appeared through the 

 trees, but still proceeding steadily upwards, we at 

 length came to an open space on the verge of a steep 

 and precipitous hill side, where we sat down to rest 

 and enjoy the beauty of the scene. On one hand 

 towered the mighty forest trees rising tier above tier 

 to the blue heavens ; on the other, a yawning 

 precipice sloped down to where a mountain torrent 

 settled among great boulders of rook far below us. 

 While we were gazing in quiet admiration of the 

 scene, a rusthng of the trees and sounds of hurried 

 footsteps rapidly approaching, made us turn hastily 

 round, and a magnificent sight greeted our aston- 

 ished eyes. A noble stag, his antlers thrown back 

 in act of listening, his nostrils dilated in terror, was 

 flying down the path straight towards us, and in 

 another instant the cause of his terror became appa- 

 rent. A splendid tiger was following in his path, 

 rushing down the narrow gorge, leaping over every 



