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and the party walked out to see the lake and the 

 aqueducts of Silisere. A large alligator was 

 wounded, hut, the water being deep, it made its 

 escape, although a man followed and drove a spear 

 into it. News came from the Maharajah ahout 2 

 p M. that a tiger had been found not very far off, 

 and that it was being watched and surrounded to 

 prevent its escape. The elephants were immediately 

 sent on, and after tiffin the party rode out to the 

 place where the tiger had been seen. The elephants 

 were assembled in a hollow between two hills, and 

 the tiger was said to be in a ravine on the hillside, 

 about 600 to 800 feet high. As it was impossible 

 to get at him on the elephants, it was determined to 

 attack on foot, and accordingly some climbed the 

 hill on one side of the ravine, which was full of 

 thorny shrubs and broken masses of stone, whilst the 

 rest took the other side. The shikarries and beaters, 

 with several couples of dogs, that in appearance were 

 something between a greyhound and a mastiff, were 

 ranged on either side. After a long and' fatiguing 

 climb, each having taken his post, the sport com- 

 menced. A shot from H.E.H. set the tiger in motion, 

 and, breaking cover, he ran the gauntlet of several 

 guns. Making across the ravine he was tiirned, and 

 when severely wounded went down the ravine 

 towards the plain ; all followed, and gradually closed 

 in on him. He was not seen for a little time, and it 

 was supposed that he was dead ; but it was not so. 

 He was soon in motion again, and, after charging, 



