TIGER SLAYER BY ORDER 



rifle, I shot a tigress through the brain, but she held on, 

 and with undiminished speed, for fully thirty yards before 

 she fell ! 



This with the case described in the earlier pages of 

 this chapter shows how tenaciously at times the larger 

 beasts of prey will cling to life, thus rendering their pursuit 



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I then left my tree, and accompanied by my two trusty 

 shikaris, Bapu and Etoo, proceeded in the direction the 

 tigress had gone, with the intention of taking up her tracks 

 and marking her down again if possible. 



Guided by the men on trees, we cautiously approached 

 the spot where she was last seen and were carefully 

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