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Resume the attack A bait taken The tigress charges A difficult shot 

 Hit Wounded mortally, yet attacks a beater I go to the rescue 

 A fortunate escape Tigers not incapable of climbing trees The 

 wounded man recovers Wounds from tiger's teeth and claws The 

 character of tigers described Man-eaters Causes that produce 

 them Fallacies regarding man-eaters News of another tiger 

 Posted on foot Killed with a single buUet Tenacity of life 

 Fortunately rare A dangerous sport A tigress with cubs One 

 bagged An unexpected attack Fire both barrels into her face 

 The tigress gets home I am knocked over A period of un- 

 consciousness Badly clawed and bitten Saved by Bapu's pluck 

 Bandaging the wound Carried into camp Treatment and 

 eventual recovery The dangers of a light rifle Heavy casualty list 

 in Khandesh Another instance of light rifle inefficiency Monkeys 

 give the alarm Sudden appearance of the tiger An unfortunate 

 slip Reserving my fire A terrified dog-boy Tiger sits up dog- 

 fashion A perilous situation The tiger fortunately retires Send 

 for heavy rifle Tracking up the tiger Success at last A fine 

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A rare chance A bull bison and a tiger Hopes of a record " Right 

 and left " Beating on spec The bull bison viewed Changing my 

 rifle About to pull the trigger The tiger appears on the scene 

 An unparalleled situation A chance of making history Another 

 change of rifles Fatal hesitation The tiger alarmed Making off 

 at a gallop A difficult shot The record unachieved The tigress 

 shot The light rifle scores for once Another tiger killed 

 Evidence in favour of the heavier weapon Experience gained as 

 Tiger Slayer Some remarks on tigers Varieties of the species 

 Hot and cold weather coats Colour a sign of age Muscular 

 development " Lucky bones " Cattle-killing and hill tigers Dif- 

 ference in weight and size Length of tigers Methods of measure- 

 ment Age difficult to determine How a tiger kills its prey 

 Manner of eating Not necessarily nocturnal in its habits An 

 example The tiger's attack Wounds generally fatal Time of 

 breeding Number of cubs produced Devouring their young 

 Feeding the cubs Cubs as pets Tiger fat and rheumatism Milk 

 of tigress as medicine Adventures of a sample Legends and 

 superstitions A curiosity in tigers Declared a new species The 

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Tiger Slayer and Policeman A useful combination Tracking a dacoit 

 leader A troublesome gang Eluding the police In pursuit My 

 early morning visitor A nude, wild figure An unexpected meeting 

 A conditional surrender suggested Offer of a drink Sampling 

 the brandy Arrested in the act Camp life in India Tents 



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