TIGER-HUNTS. 
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“ I should like to see a tiger-hunt,” said 
Sidney. 
“You may find many accounts of them 
in the works of writers upon India,” replied 
Miss Winston. “ The tiger is the favourite 
game of European sportsmen in that coun¬ 
try ; and, considering the mischief done by 
these animals, and the difficulty of destroy¬ 
ing them without a large force of men and 
elephants, a tiger-hunt may he considered 
as among the most useful, as it is certainly 
among the most exciting, of field-sports. 
The very mention of one of these animals 
in the neighbourhood of an encampment of 
English troops is enough to arouse all the 
ardour of officers and men. All the ele¬ 
phants are put in requisition; and, with an 
immense number of followers, they move 
forward to the scene of action, which is 
often a thick jungle or a plain covered with 
high grass and rushes. But I will read you 
an account of one of these expeditions from 
the pen of an excellent sportsman, which 
will serve to show the way the affair is con¬ 
ducted, and the ardour with which the ele¬ 
phants themselves sometimes enter into the 
pursuit. We must consider our hero as 
