Hunting in Many Lands 



then padded the tigress and rode back to 

 camp, having been gone from half past 9 in 

 the morning till 7 in the evening. This ti- 

 gress weighed, when we brought her in, 280 

 pounds; her living weight must have been 

 much more. 



Next day we again got news of a tigress, 

 with one cub, but we failed to find her. The 

 following day, for a change, I tried still-hunt- 

 ing through the woods. There was not much 

 game, but what we did see was far from shy, 

 and the shooting was easy. The camp was on 

 a terrace, and from it we went up a range of 

 hills to the stalking ground. It was a stony 

 country and the trees were scrubby. I shot 

 two cheetul, or spotted deer, and also two of 

 the little jungle cocks. The next day again 

 was a blank, but on the 9th we got another 

 tiger. Thanks to the courtesy of my friends, 

 I was given the first shot, again hitting it with 

 one barrel of the smooth-bore. The heat was 

 very great on this day. It was not possible to 

 touch the gun barrels without a glove, and the 

 thirst was awful. In the evening the cool bath 

 was a luxury indeed. By moonlight the camp 

 was very fine. The next morning I was off at 

 daybreak, snipe shooting around a big tank, 



