Jungle By-Ways in India 



of his whereabouts which even the tiger cannot 

 help leaving behind him. But to depend upon 

 the local shikaris entirely is a very different 

 matter. On occasions all will go well and the tigers 

 will appear, but how oft is the reverse the case ? 

 We most of us know that nowadays when rifles 



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The pugs of a tiger, fore* and hind. 



are yearly becoming more numerous, it is to the 

 interest of the local native shikaris that the tigers 

 of their locality should not be shot in too large 

 numbers, for thereby the greater number of 

 sahibs will visit their jungles and the greater will 

 be the amount of baksheesh they will earn ! This 

 may not apply so forcibly to the sportsman who 

 appears with a line of twenty elephants or so, for 

 he will probably have behind him the sort of power 



* The fore foot of a tiger has five toes, the hind four. 



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