The beaters cannot get behind to drive him out, and the jungle is too thick to penetrate." "How do you intend to proceed ?" Charlie asked.
"We will send a party to the top of the hill, and they will throw down crackers.

We have brought some rockets, too, which we will send in from the other side.

We will take our places, on our elephants, at the foot of the terrace." The three elephants took their posts, at the foot of the boulder covered rise.

As soon as they had done so, the men at the top of the rock began to throw down numbers of lighted crackers; while, from either side, parties sent rockets whizzing into the jungle.
For some time the tiger showed no signs of his presence, and Charlie began to doubt whether he could be really there.

The shikaris, however, declared that he was certainly in the jungle.