TIGER HUNTING. 
Ill 
ourselves of the opportunity of joining. We pro- 
ceeded towards the jungle soon after daylight, and 
having arrived at the appointed place, at least fifty 
men were sent in to beat the wood, and by yells to 
scare the game from the cover. They had not been 
so employed above a quarter of an hour when a large 
tiger darted from its concealment into the plain. One 
of the beaters who had previously emerged from the 
jungle, happened to be standing close to the spot 
whence the tiger issued, and seeing the enemy so 
near and in an evident state of furious excitement, 
fled in terror. The tiger immediately pursued him, 
and, soon overtaking his affrighted victim, struck 
him a gentle tap, as it appeared, on the back and 
passed on. The man instantly fell, rolled on the 
ground and declared that he was dying. Our general 
impression was that he could not be seriously hurt 
from the slight blow he had received; we therefore 
imputed his cries to fright, especially as there was no 
perceptible wound on his body, and took it for granted 
that in an hour or two he would be on his legs again. 
He was immediately put under the charge of some 
followers, who were ordered to convey him to the 
tents without delay. 
Meanwhile the tiger was vigorously pursued ; being 
soon surrounded, it at length stopped panting against 
a bank and prepared to resent the advance of the 
first adversary. It was so perplexed by the yells 
of the numerous attendants that it made no further 
effort to escape, though it had not run above a 
quarter of a mile from the place where it first broke 
cover. We were now in an open part of the jungle 
