Chapters 7 and 8 Summary

Edgar and Captains Dalton, Witherspoon and Fogg set off on a hunting trip to shoot a tiger that has been terrorizing a local village. In the jungle Edgar is entranced by the beautiful sights, until Witherspoon sees a baby monkey and insists on shooting it, despite Dalton's warnings that it could scare away the tiger. When they come to a village, Edgar interacts with the local children and throws a coin to one of the boys. One of the villagers points them in the direction of the tiger and they set off. For a while the little boys follow, then go off to play in the forest. As the hunters near some bushes, they hear rustling and think it is the tiger. Edgar sees women running towards them from the village, screaming. He points this out and Dalton shouts at Witherspoon...