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off, I had the satisfaction of seeing his hind- 

 quarters give way, my bullet hitting him in the 

 small of the back. I threw my hat up into the 

 air with joy, and, shouting for Kerta to come on, 

 rushed forward to give the stag the coup de grace. 

 Although the horns were not so long as those 

 the tigress got for me, they were very widespread. 



On the 9th of April 1893 I had an extra- 

 ordinary day. I determined to visit the low 

 country, and we made such an early start, Kerta 

 and I, that we were in the Naad by sunrise. We 

 stalked all over the place, and it was getting 

 very hot, when we suddenly came on a nice stag 

 chital, paying delicate attentions to a doe. I 

 dropped him on the spot with a shot in the neck, 

 and with a scream of fright the doe dashed off. 



Being more than satisfied, after having taken 

 the head off for preservation, I decided to have 

 lunch, so seeing a nice shady tree some distance 

 off, I told Kerta to follow me there. On reaching 

 this tree, which was on the bank of a dry river- 

 bed, I told Kerta to hand me my lunch. As I 

 spoke I heard a rustling below me ; we both peered 

 down, and caught a glimpse of a tiger slinking off. 

 The rustling commenced again ; this time I was 

 more prepared, and let drive at a second tiger, 

 which I wounded, but it was very nasty shooting 

 sheer below me with a lot of bushes intervening. 

 We both looked at each other in amazement, 

 to think of two tigers lying at our feet. Clamber- 

 ing down, we hunted round, and sure enough 

 found blood, but very little, and at last we had 

 to give up the quest in despair. On our way 

 home I secured a mountain antelope, and have 



