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Rh for the last man, on whom he rushes, suddenly bearing him off in an incredibly short time. Unless prompt assistance be rendered, there is no hope in such a case of saving the unfortunate victim, or of overtaking the savage animal. I asked the juru coonchee if he had ever seen a tiger on the path along which we were walking. "Not often here, sir," was the cheering reply.

The temple of Salomanglain consists of a series of chambers hewn out of the solid rock, about twelve or fifteen feet from the ground. There is a flight of steps, much worn, by which we managed to scramble to the openings, resembling, from a distance, two apertures in a bee-hive, the shape of the rock itself somewhat favouring