A tiger lies in a stream, with the ring of elephants in view in the background. The "ring" is a method of hunting peculiar to Nepal. The hunters mounted on elephants form a "ring" and move in on their quarry, which has previously been stalked and enclosed in the area surrounded by the ring. the first day of the hunt, 18th December "... the first tiger shot by His Majesty in mid-air as it was leaping a small stream."