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• EXTRACT OP A LITTIO PP SARODA, DATIO)
JUN)/ 26, 1816.
64 A report wee brought by a cultivator Antic eight
o'clock yesterday morning, of two largetigers having
taken up their abode the preceding night tat a garden,
within a mile of the west extremity of she town. The
gentlemen of the residency, after, a hasty ireakfast,
an,xionsly prepared rifles, foxes, and muelets, and
attended by sepoys of the resident's escort, 'went '-
forth in search of the animals.
" The place itl which they were said to have taken
'shelter was covered by bustles of the mogiee gow.an
plant. extremely tls;ck, and standing about our feet
high, with narrow pathways, occasionally hut: Meted
by hedges of the prickly milk bush, and low and "
thick ramifications of the Aloe tree. . . 44. —.- •
" pint beat about She jungle iftatjtlsatinhis
taeergoptithet: than . OAK 0.4 asitar,ggops by .
groat good firtuni a ggivipiireiTikoe—Of14
atirnsals.making off witti sotrie rapidity. It was first
taken for a large grown calf, a mi•conception very
natural, as the sequel will sheer, and as by the repast
,0( the morning the party expected to meet with
tigers. The appearance of the animal, however,
gave a stimulus to the exertions of the gentlemen,
who moved forward in the low jungle, surveying
every bush, and expecting every instant to hear a
tremendous lOU, or perhaps to encounter the savage*
attacks of the animals.

" Little more search brought the two beasts in
fall view, when one of them started off, receiving a
bill from a gentleman in the side. It went rapidly
past two others of the party, and was wounded by a •
single shot in the Bank. These wounds appeared.to
;have produced no decided effect, and a quarter of
'an hour had elapsed before it WAS again discovered
crouching in a thick plantation of aloe trees. It was
here that a few sepoys and one of the gentlemen,
advancing within eight paces, brought the beast
prostrate on theground ; when, for the first time.
considering the indistinct view obtained in the low .
' jungle, during the pursuit, it was found that, iastead
of tigers, the objecu of the chace were lions of con-
siderable size !
" Some danger attended the death of this animal,
which was a lioness, as the other party were diame-
trically opposite to the aloe plantation when the vol.
ley was fired into it. The balls whistled over their
heads and round them, but happily without bad con-
sequences to any body.
4 The success which attimtled the first -hunt re- -
doubled exertion, and with great management the
party scoured the bushes in search of the lioness's
companion. Some time pssied, and a great deal of
laborious exertion, before the animal was traced' by
his footsteps to one of the high hedges which iota-
seeted the garden. The patty approached wit4in
tight yards,. wizen. by pr2sioaitaitiacett, tvv4
men and two sepoys ti,ed, independently, with effect.
The animal moved off immediately on the (idler side
of the hedge, and iu wn minutes more he was dis-
covered lying under another hedge groaning with
rage and pain. Some pieces were instantly fired,
welch exasperating him, he rushed out, end nobly .
I charged his assailants, his tail being curled over his
back. In his advance he was saluted with great
coolness, with several balls from all the gentlenseft
and a few sepoys of the party who had tome up;
and though within a few yards of the objects ot his
attack, he soddenly turned cif (it is suppised on ac.
count Of bring severely wounded) and sprung upon
a sepoy detached to the right, with whom be grap.
pled, and afterwards, by the violence of the exertion,
tell to the ground beyond him.
" It was at this moment that the party gallantly,
and for the humane purpose of saving a fellow crea-
ture rushed forward, and with the bayonet add swords
put an end to the monster. The sepoy was wounded
in the left shoulder, but it is haped there is no danger
of his losing his life.
14 The complete success of the day was justly cal-
culated to excite many pleasing reflections ; but after
all was concluded, it appeared that a countryman,
who attended at .a distance unarmed, and for his
own curiosity, was wounded in the thigh by a ball.
This accident has of course (Limped the pleasure of
the sport ; though 'it is but just to remark, that
before the party entered into the garden, entreaties
were lased to the curious by standers to induce them'
to keep away from the scene of action, and many
WM sent off by main force, who afterwards returned
in defiance of every remonstrance.
" The animal last killed was a lioa, not quite full
grown, but strong and. pooerful in his make; the
lioness was in the same proportion. On being brought
to the residency and inspected, these animals were
sent to his Highness Futtali Bing at his own request.
4, The appearance of tigers in vici-
nity. of Baroda is not common, two only having
strayed from the ravines of the river Myhie to ch.:
enclosures round the town within the last 15 years,
but lions have never been seen. Indeed the existence
of this species in India has been qu..tioncil, though
since satisfactorily established. is conjectured that
the Voris killed yesterday had wandered out of the
deep defiles of the Myhie, about twelve miles from
.Baroda, in the night, which was unusually dark, and
.attended throughout, in the neighbourhood of that
river, with torrents of rain. It was fortunate that
their retreat wasinimediately discovered, or from the.
number of people now employed in cultivation
around this popuhlus town, some would in all pro-
;bability have fallen victims to their Voracity."
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