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" which they had fought " deponent sayeth not ;" but though 

 " strange, it is not uncommon, either with the hairy or the feathered 

 " tribes, birds of prey doing the same, for I shot a falcon in the 

 " act of feeding on a kestrel it had struck down. Another instance 

 " is known of a tiger having killed a young tiger over a dead 

 " bullock, and partly eaten him. 



" There is a peculiar and singular distinction in regard to the 

 " mode of breaking up their prey, between the tiger and the 

 " panther ; the former invariably commencing on the hind-quarters 

 " of the animal slain, and the latter at the fore-quarter or chest. 

 " There is no reason known for this strange difference ; but it is a 

 " well established fact, and perfectly recognised by the natives, 

 " who will, without hesitation, pronounce which animal is the 

 " culprit by observing these particulars. 



" Tigers are very difficult to stalk, and very few sportsmen have 

 " succeeded in bringing to bag any of these animals by a fair stalk ; 

 " the keenness of his vision, as before alluded to, renders it almost 

 " impossible to approach him without being observed : of course 

 " there have been exceptions, but very rarely. At times the 

 " tables are turned, and the tiger has been observed stalking his 

 " enemy, man, but quite in ignorance at the time. The first tiger 

 " I ever saw, was walking down a path towards me ; I could not 

 " make out, in the early dawn, what animal was approaching, so 

 " squatted behind some slender-stemmed trees bordering the path ; 

 " the action caught the quick sight of the animal, who immediately 

 '* followed suit and sat down on his tail, and then only I knew that 

 " it was a tiger. I would not fire at the animal facing me, know- 

 " ing the danger in case of only wounding, so there we sat, he 

 " some seventy yards off. After peering at me for some time, 

 lt unable to make me out, and little expecting, I fancy, the presence 

 " of man in those wild western ghauts, he at last came crouching 

 " towards me, moving along in a serpentine direction, first to the 

 " right, then to the left, still with keen gaze trying to find out 

 " what I could be. After he had come on some eight or ten paces, 

 " I thought it time for action and stood up ; immediately I did so, 

 " the tiger, clapping his tail between his legs, ignobly rushed into 

 " the jungle, and, oh ! what a coward I felt myself to be ! and yet 



