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shaking the branches of the large trees like the 

 passage of a whirlwind through them. It was 

 evident that they had seen something that alarmed 

 them seriously. In a minute more I heard the ory 

 of 'Bagh, bagh.' A large tiger had gone out 

 before B., and was concealed in the g^ass somewhere 

 ahead of us ; the monkeys had seen him, and gave 

 the alarm. 



" We got him after a hard chase. He was shot in 

 a large clump of nurkool grass in which he took 

 refuge, and from which he would not break. The 

 ground was too heavy for the elephants to go in^ 

 and the anars we threw in would not burn on 

 account of the water. We heard, though we could 

 not see him, and by the moving of the grass we 

 could see his whereabouts. We kept firing volleys 

 in upon him, and B. got a momentary glimpse 

 which he took advantage of to give him a shot 

 through the back, which appeared to quiet him, for 

 the grass ceased to move. 



"After waiting a minute, H.'s khas burdars went 

 into the jungle sword in hand, and dragged him out 

 through the mud and water, quite dead. 



"We now got out of our howdahs and had 

 tiffin under a tree, whilst the men were padding 

 the tiger. After a short rest we mounted and 

 proceeded along the swamp, which now altered in 

 character, the deep water ceasing and a mixtui-e 

 of long grass, nurkool and kulwa, stretching right 

 across it, with trees of the willow and wild jamun 



