Tiger Shooting. 1 1 



had its back broken by a tiger, but it had been driven 

 off by the gwalas before doing further damage. As 

 the victim was not dead, I made sure the tiger would 

 return, so went about five o'clock to sit up over it. En 

 route, an unusual object on a ledge of rocks far up 

 the hill caught my eyesight, and bringing my glass to 

 bear upon it I saw that it was a tiger crouching down 

 and noting our movements, so although I sat up all 

 night, I need not say that the tiger did not put in 

 an appearance. 



On another occasion a large bullock was killed near 

 a lot of detached rocks, and as but very little of it 

 had been eaten, the givalas covered it up to protect it 

 from vultures, which (ever on the look out for 

 carrion) soar about in the sky far beyond the 

 vision of the keenest of human sight. In the 

 afternoon we constructed a screen under the ledge of 

 some rocks, with loopholes in front the carcase being 

 secured with strong ropes to pegs driven well into 

 the ground. It must have been somewhere about 

 ten, just as the moon was declining over some tall trees, 

 when we heard a struggle and the body was jerked 

 away, taken to our rear, and there the brute remained 

 feeding the greater part of the night. That he knew 

 we were there was evident, for if we moved there 

 was a snarl, accompanied doubtless by a display of 

 ivories. There was nothing to prevent the brute 

 springing upon us. About three o'clock, after keep- 

 ing us on tenter hooks for five mortal hours, he left off 

 eating, and, we believed, went to a rivulet about a 

 quarter of a mile off for a drink. That opportunity 

 was taken to stretch our limbs, which were benumbed 

 from the crouching position we had so long been in. 



