88 TSE SOYAL TWER OF BENGAL. 



" I found that another new flask which I opened 

 was as had, but fortunately I had a good 

 one in the howdah, and in the meantime had bor- 

 rowed a flask from H., and off we went after 

 number four. After some beating we bagged him 

 also, but not before he had been on one of the pad 

 elephant's heads ; the elephant was small, and being 

 deep in the swamp, and coming suddenly on the 

 tiger he was seized by the head. The tiger was, 

 however, soon shaken off, and very soon after B. 

 and the rajah on the other side killed him. The 

 elephant's head was not much injured ; there were 

 two rather deep wounds, but they were not serious. 

 The khas burdar behind the mahout fired at the 

 tiger when on the elephant's head, but I don't 

 believe he hit him. This is the fourth fuU- grown 

 tiger to-day. Another was seen by B. to cross the 

 swamp and get away into the forest on the side on 

 which he was shooting. As we were a long way 

 from home and had the rapids to cross, we set off for 

 camp, not having time to beat for more to-day, but 

 shall return to-morrow to make further discoveries in 

 this magnificent swamp. It was a fine sight, our line 

 of twenty-four elephants, with the grim monsters 

 hanging across their backs, and reaUy repaid one for 

 all the hard work and sun, etc., to which we had 

 been exposed." 



" March 2ith. — After breakfast this morning 

 we again crossed the river at the same place 

 and went straight to our yesterday's beat, where 



