THJE JB.OTAL TIGMS OF BENGAL. 69 



Sowar Bhart Singh, aged twenty-six, rajput, on 

 9th August, while acting as a beater, was attacked 

 by a wounded tigress. His matchlock missed fire, 

 he struck one blow on the head with his tulwar, and 

 was then knocked down. One of the officers with 

 whom he had gone out, shot the tigress through the 

 head while she was standing over the Sowar. He 

 was carried in fifteen miles, and I saw him at 10 

 o'clock p.m. There were about a dozen tooth 

 wounds in the left forearm without fracture, one 

 apparently penetrating into the wrist joint from 

 behind. He had a scalp wound three quarters of an 

 inch in length near the vertex, and a claw wound 

 about one and a half inches long from the inner part 

 of the left eyebrow skirting the orbit. Stitches of fine 

 silver wire and cold applications were ordered. 



There was also a compound fracture of the radius 

 and ulna, just below the left elbow. There seemed 

 no hope of saving the limb, but as no operative 

 appliances were at hand, and the man was much 

 exhausted by his journey, it was deemed right to 

 wait till morning. The arm was secured by loops 

 to a splint, and cold water applied. A grain of 

 opium was given, to be repeated if necessary. He 

 passed a tolerably easy night, and at 6 a.m. on the 

 10th there was a good deal of inflammatory swell- 

 ing, and other mischief. In addition to several 

 deep tooth wounds at and near the fracture, there 

 were two or three above the elbow, with much 

 bruising, inflammatory swelling, and emphysema- 



