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leaps over liis liead, and with the speed of lightning saddles himself all fours on his back. Beyond the reach of danger from his opponent's horns, he now plants his teeth into the skin of the unfortunate buffalo, whose groans of rage and anguish are dis- tinctly heard amid the loud shouts of the people. Should the tiger not succeed in taking his leap at the right momejit, the buffalo throws him up into the air like a ball, and as he falls, stands prepared to goad him to death. Jf the tiger should come off vict(jrious in the contest, he is carefully kept and tended, to disj)l;iy liis ])r()\vess in another gala.

The anus of Madlfjeii is a black l)nllwith a large; hump abo\(! liis neck, couchant '" on the to]) of a S([iiare |)illar phiced at the jiuictiou of four roads. If 1 mi^tnkc iKit, Maiiiiieii in the \-eniacular signi- fies a uild bull, (ir buffalo, an animal which is vet'\' numerous in a wild >tate thi'oughout the j)ro\in(x', when ver there is a thick jungle or forest.

There is generally a hunt e\erv year, conducted

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