CHAP. VII 
THE TIGER 
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COW were discovered, that had been killed upon the 
open ground and dragged into the dense jungle. 
Leaving Demoiselle in the open, and taking Berry 
into my howdah upon Moolah Bux, we carefully 
searched the jungle until sunset, but finding nothing, 
we were obliged to return to camp, having made 
ourselves thoroughly acquainted with the conditions 
of the locality. On the following morning at day¬ 
light I took only twenty men, who had recovered 
from their panic, and with the two elephants and a 
very plucky policeman we made our way to the 
place where the body of the cow was lying on the 
previous evening. It was gone. Leaving all the 
men outside the jungle, we followed on Moolah Bux, 
tracking along the course where the tiger had 
dragged the carcase, and keeping a sharp look-out 
in all directions. After a course of about 150 yards 
we arrived at a spot where the tiger had evidently 
rested : here it had devoured the larger portion, and 
nothing but the head remained. It was impossible 
to decide whether jackals or hyenas had made away 
with the remnants, or whether the tiger had carried 
them off to some secure hiding-place, but it was 
highly probable that the animal was not far distant. 
The jungle was not more than 5 or 6 acres, 
and it was surrounded by grass; we therefore 
determined to arrange scouts around, while we 
should thoroughly' but slowly examine the covert 
upon the two elephants. 
There was nothing in the drive. 
The slope upon which the jungle was situated 
