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seized the big Vding, but the tiger never slackened his pace, 
and I only got a snap shot at him as he was going over 
the spur of the hill about thirty yards off, but the ball 
arrived at the spot just after he had disappeared \ I fancy 
he must have seen my people as they were all lying asleep 
in the open. 
On Monday, October 5th^ 1857, I had an exciting ren- 
contre with three tigers. When I came home on Saturday I 
was informed that one of the elephant keepers had heard 
THE MID' DA Y SIESTA. 
wild elephants that morning in the direction of Pereavai 
Colum. It was too late to go after them that day, so I de- 
cided on going for them this morning, first visiting the bison 
I had killed in that direction on Thursday, to see if it had 
been touched by tigers. When we got to the spot we found 
that the carcass had been dragged out of the high brush- 
wood to a bamboo clump, where it had been half eaten. 
