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on his approach she rushed forth and seized the driver of the elephant by his 
foot. Firing again the only response the hunter found was a spring of the 
tigress upon the trunk and jaw of the elephant. The agitated elephant fell upon 
its knees and dug up the sand with its tusks while the tigress safely ensconced 
between continued its work of destruction. The sudden pose of the elephant 
affected the hunter like the unexpected stumbling of a horse, and he found 
himself burrowing into the sand without any expectation of digging deeply 
enough and speedily enough to defeat an undesired attack in the rear. The 
tigress , however, either lacked hind-sight or was well enough off as it was, for 
when the hunter, failing to find safety downward, concluded to climb upward, 
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he found himself an unnoticed spectator of the battle between the tigress and 
the elephant—if battle that can be called—in which the elephant received and 
the tigress inflicted all the punishment. Not wishing to intrude, the hunter with¬ 
drew, until having rejoined his panic-stricken escort, he was carried to meet an 
elephant which as yet had not participated in the hunt. Thus re-mounted the 
hunter returned to the scene of conflict, and having again shot the tigress , she 
deserted her position of advantage and threw herself upon the thigh of the 
elephant (the defeated one making a prompt retreat). Finally the tigress , 
between the appeals of the elephant and of the ammunition of the hunter, was 
induced to take a reluctant farewell. When found dead the next day, she 
demonstrated the fact that her body contained eleven bullets, and that any one 
of the wounds would have proved fatal. 
