CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER XVIII 



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A bait taken Living animals as bait A seemingly cruel practice 

 Reasons for adopting it A tigress put up Missed Charging 

 through the beaters Cubs discovered An all-night vigil The tigress 

 returns Finding her cubs Process described An opportunity 

 lost The cubs disappear Tigress or ghost How the cubs iwere 

 removed Morning at last Tracking upDeath of the tigress 

 The cubs found Dharwar again A shooting camp News of game 

 Daily disappointments Two tigers reported at last The beat 

 Turned by a stop A roar and a rush A hurried shot Instan- 

 taneous effects The tiger's mate Beaters charged again Marked 

 down Drawing lots for places A tempting offer Why I rejected 

 it Premature congratulation The tigress let off again Questions 

 and answers Extraordinary performance Subsequent explana- 

 tions What might have been accomplished The shikaris' disgust 

 A panther in my tent My dogs wake me up A desperate struggle 

 in the dark Firing haphazard A sudden crash Ominous silence 

 The servants aroused They arrive with a lantern What the light 

 revealed One dog missing Carried off by a panther A fruitless 

 pursuit in the dark Resumed at daybreak Remains of Rover 

 found An unsuccessful vigil The spot revisited months later A 

 panther shot Was it the same ? 134 



CHAPTER XIX 



The destruction of panthers Trapping often necessary A trap described 

 A trapping incident Screams in the dead of night Turning out 

 the guard Rush to the rescue What was found in the trap The 

 biter bit " A fine bait for the panther " Drugged and disorderly 

 Bhil police and prisoners How the position was reversed A par- 

 tridge shooting record The Dangchia Bhils An extraordinary .race 

 Monkeys and rats as food Belief in witchcraft Veneration for 

 tigers Habits and customs Another quaint people Professional 

 bird-snarers Their snares described A terror to legitimate sports- 

 men Why panthers are so destructive Less dangerous to human 

 life than tigers An example Sportsman charged by a wounded 

 tiger Attempt to escape A fatal slip Severely mauled Succumbs 

 to injuries Another fatal accident Wounded tiger in high grass 

 jungle A sudden charge Savage attack Shaken like a ratEx- 

 traordinary courage shown by a Goanese butler Grappling with a 

 tiger unarmed A double tragedy Twelve-foot tigers A myth 

 How to cure and preserve skin and heads Hot-blooded animals 

 should be skinned promptly Instructions for skinning Pegging 

 down How to retain proportions Burnt alum or wood ashes 

 Trophies to be looked after A curious result of neglect . . . 142 



CHAPTER XX 



An apology and explanation Big-game shooting and the camera Some 

 advice on the subject How a fine picture was saved Morumgoa 

 and Goa Poisonous water snakes and jelly fish Phenomenal 

 rainfalls Ancient rights and dignity Convicted criminals at large 



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