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behalf they are never wanting when required to share danger with their 

 master. 



I have sometimes heard sportsmen (elect) speak of their attendants 

 getting " pale with fright," " blue with funk," " bolting up trees like lamp- 

 lighters," &c. One cannot but comment mentally in many cases on the 

 probable grounds their followers had for changes of complexion and feats of 

 agility. Natives who have never seen a sportsman before are often called 

 upon to show game. It is natural that they should be doubtful of the 

 qualifications of a stranger, and they show their good sense in taking steps 

 for their safety until they see they can place confidence in their employer. 

 Natives often have good reason to be cautious. Cases of beaters being 

 killed by dangerous animals are unhappily not of infrequent occurrence. 

 Some men in the excitement of sport will urge natives to do things which 

 they would be sorry upon reflection to do themselves. A man safely 

 posted in a tree is liable to forget, in his chagrin at want of determination 

 on the part of the beaters, what his own feelings would be if, with only a 

 rag round his loins and a stick in his hand, he were required to turn a tiger 

 out of a thicket. If only for the sake of sport care is necessary, as the 

 story of an accident will precede a sportsman with telegraphic rapidity, and 

 he will find beaters very chary of risking their persons at his next camp. 



