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if bear or hog form a part of the day's sport, some of the dogs will be wounded, and all of them considerably fagged. Occasionally a tiger commits ravages and escapes unseen. One of the very best dogs of the pack was in this way destroyed by a single pat, which doubled his head back upon his shoulders, and breaking his neck killed him in a moment. At another time, AND NEILGHERRY HILLS. 55 three fine foxhounds, who gallantly persevered in attacking a tiger, were all destroyed. But after the dogs have been accustomed to hunt in the Neilgherries, they understand how unequal they are to the tiger ; and though the extraordinary piercing cry of the dog attests the presence of the animal, in a manner not to be mistaken, he will sneak off, if not vigorously opposed by the sportsman in his progress. When roused by the noise in the wood, or by the dogs going near his lair, it often happens that he is sleepy and full of food. Their hours of eating are in the night, and nothing can be more different in their nature, than both the tiger and the lion, in their states of hunger and fullness. Ferocious as they are when feeding or wanting food, they are comparatively inno- cent and harmless when they have dined, and