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TIGEKS. 



to sleep ! and yielding the perfumes of Arabia ! 

 — thus regaling two senses at once. I was, 

 however, much pleased to get some chicken- 

 broth and a fresh egg, which I procured short- 

 ly after I had got to bed. 



Jan. 29th. On awaking I found myself so 

 unwell, as to be scarcely able to move, and 

 nearly all the peons were unable to proceed. 

 Became a little better towards the afternoon ; 

 and rising, went to walk up and down a sunny 

 spot, which I enjoyed highly — having seen the 

 sun but once only since the 23d. Had all my 

 wet clothes dried ; and made an addition to 

 our stock of provisions by purchasing fowls 

 and eggs. 



During the evening, the owner of the place 

 amused us with accounts of tigers. He said 

 that they had killed almost all his poultry, 

 and had endeavoured to force his room to get 

 his dog (of which food they are particularly 

 fond) ; but this animal having scented the 

 tiger, by his barking aroused his master, who 

 rose and made a great noise, which frightened 

 the tiger away. He always slept after this, he 

 told us, with an Indian blow-pipe near him, 

 and poisoned arrows ; but the tiger did not 



