108 INDIAN BIG GAME chap. 



at Bangalore, and is known as " Jimmy," short 

 for Jemimah — I suppose as a mark of sex. 



I kept her for at least six months, and we 

 were great friends. When she grew older I let 

 her come out on a chain, and she used to follow 

 me with my dogs. 



Tiger cubs are very expensive animals to 

 feed. I used to buy a batch of half a dozen 

 cattle at a time, and kill one as required, about 

 once a week. I always half boiled the meat to 

 prevent her learning the taste of blood. Even 

 then one had to keep away from her when she 

 was feeding. One day I walked into the spare 

 room of my bungalow where I kept her, just 

 after a haunch of beef had been handed to her 

 ladyship, as I wished to see how she would behave. 

 She snarled at me, and when I put my foot near 

 the meat she struck out at it with all her claws 

 extended, driving them right into my boot. 



On the 29th of March, 1900, I shot a bear 

 under rather peculiar circumstances. 



It seems, as the herdsman was grazing the 

 cattle some distance from my bungalow, he 

 found the fresh tracks of a bear leading into a 

 cave, and at once sent up for me. Taking a 

 spare Sholaga with me, I proceeded to the place, 

 and found undoubted signs of a bear having gone 

 into the cave. The mouth of the cave was so 

 low that a man could only enter by going in 

 bear-fashion, on all-fours. I stooped down and 

 peered in, and could distinctly hear the breathing 

 of an animal, so I ordered the men to bring me 

 a long pole, intending to poke the brute up and 

 get a shot if it made for the entrance. The 



