They said it had died, and tigers came and devoured it--they saw them.

"Did you see the stripes of the tiger ?" said I.All declared that they saw the stripes distinctly.

This gave us an idea of their truthfulness, as there is no striped tiger in all Africa.

All who resolved on skulking or other bad behaviour invariably took up with the sepoys; their talk seemed to suit evil-doers, and they were such a disreputable-looking lot that I was quite ashamed of them.

The havildar had no authority, and all bore the sulky dogged look of people going where they were forced but hated to go.