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cow by slaying her murderess, if it be not unfair so to term her. 

 One of them most kindly gave me the following account of this 

 magnificent scene ; the paper will, I believe, appear in the Indian 

 Sporting Magazine, and with it an account of the deaths of some 

 more tigers ; not a difficult task for any one of these three sports- 

 men to furnish, for during their trip they killed, without elephants, 

 no less than sixteen tigers and one panther. 



He* writes thus : 

 " My dear Colonel," 



" Here is the rough copy of the " Tigress stalk" that I am send- 

 " ing to the Sporting Magazine. 



Yours sincerely, 



# # * 



" 12th May 1869, Camp Watoli on the Pen Gunga." 



We had been tempted off of our proposed line of route, while on 

 the march on the llth by the receipt of news of a tiger which had 

 killed two village cows in the bed of the river near the village of 

 Pipulkulti, and encamping at Watoli had sent our Shikari to tie up 

 buffaloes near Pipulkulti and also near Amba a village in the opposite 

 direction near which we had a " kill" about a week previous. 



The news came in early from .both directions, nothing from 

 Amba and " no kill" also from Pipulkulti : but Shaikh Boden, our 

 head Shikari, who had inspected the latter place had found fresh 

 tracks, so we determined to try our luck and started after break- 

 fast with about 20 coolies for a beat. 



One mile below Pipulkulti the Pen Gunga averages in breadth 

 from 400 to 500 yards, where a large nullahf runs into it from the 

 Berar side. 



In the bed of the river there are a number of small flat islands 

 covered Avith a description of cypress grass, affording sufficient 

 cover for a tiger to take refuge in. 



* I am not at liberty to give his name, but I have the pleasure of meeting two 

 of the party every day and can Touch for the story. 



VAGRANT. 



f Nullah is an Indian term of tho moat comprehensive signification used in 

 speaking of any channel or water course and applied alike to a small river or 

 deep ravine, to the sajidy bed of a dried up stream or a wet gutter. 



V/ GRANT. 



