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TIGER-HUNTS. 
herd of cattle was feeding there, and the 
herdsmen were sitting singing under a 
bush, when, just as the former began to 
move oft'before us, up sprang the very tiger 
to whom our visit was intended and can¬ 
tered off across a bare plain dotted here 
and there with small patches of bush-jungle. 
He took to the open country in a style 
that would have more become a fox than a 
tiger, who is expected by his pursuers to 
fight and not to run; and, as he was flushed 
on the flank of the line, only one bullet was 
fired at him ere he cleared the thick grass. 
He was unhurt; and we pursued him at 
full speed. Thrice he threw us out by 
stopping short in small strips of jungle 
and then heading back after we had passed; 
and he had given us a very fast trot of 
about two miles, when Colonel Arnold, who 
led the field, at last reached him by a capital 
shot, his elephant being in full career. As 
soon as he felt himself wounded, the tiger 
crept into a close thicket of trees and 
bushes, and crouched. The two leading 
sportsmen overran the spot where he lay; 
and, as I came up, I saw him, through 
an aperture, ready to effect a charge. My 
