1 2 Incidents of Foreign Field Sport. 



and to move a portion of the screen, so as to get a 

 sight of the tiger when he should return. This In* 

 commenced to do about four A.M. We could hear his 

 footsteps as he trod over fallen leaves, and we were 

 prepared to give him a warm reception ; but his 

 quick eyesight must have shown him the alteration w- 

 had made, and to our great chagrin we heard him 

 retreat, and the sound of his steps gradually die away. 

 As soon as we could distinguish objects in the early 

 dawn, we got out of our crib and took a stroll, more 

 for exercise than anything else, and walked towards 

 the rivulet where very often jungle fowl were to be 

 seen. The shore on one side was clayey ; that on the 

 opposite was sandy and covered with pebbles and lo< 

 stones. The spoor of the tiger where he had crossed 

 the river was distinct, and I was admiring the size of 

 the pugs and regretting that he had not given us a 

 chance of securing his pelt, when Mogul Beg touched 

 me on the shoulder and with the other arm pointed at 

 something across the river. I thought it was probably 

 a jungle fowl and held out the rifle to exchange it 

 for a smooth bore, when he thrust aside my arm 

 abruptly, and pointed again. I still failed to see any- 

 thing. I was evidently overlooking the object that 

 he wished to attract my attention to, so looking in- 

 tently in the direction indicated I noted amongst some 

 low bushes a pair of ears, with the unmistakable white 

 spots they were a tiger's ! He was not watching us 

 his back was towards us, his head away something 

 moving in the jungle beyond must have riveted his 

 gaze. I had a very accurate rifle in hand. 1 With it 

 I had practised a good deal, and I could break more 

 1 Made by Westley Richar-1-. 



