Jungle By- Ways in India 



This form of securing a much-coveted trophy 

 is very monotonous in a way, since it means that 

 you can do little yourself to assist matters. In 

 many districts, too, tiger have now become so 

 wary and cute that they will pass by a gara tied 

 up without so much as a glance at it ; or, more 

 aggravating still, will walk round it and then 

 depart without touching it. Or, most aggravating 

 of all, will kill the beast and then not come near 

 it again. 



The gara or ' kill ' consists of a buffalo or cow, 

 depending to a great extent on which is most pro- 

 curable, or in parts of the country upon the re- 

 ligious susceptibilities of the people of the locality. 



For the selection of the sites in which to tie up, 

 one must be guided by the local shikari of the 

 neighbourhood, unless one is in the happy position 

 of having a thorough knowledge of the locale, 

 and of the habits of the tigers living in the country. 

 Without this, one is from the outset practically 

 in the hands of the local men, and one often finds 

 that as a result of several weeks' work and the 

 outlay of considerable sums of the coin of the 

 realm one has an empty bag, the tigers being kept 

 to attract other equally simple and deluded 

 sahibs. 



I would not be understood to mean that this is 

 invariably the case, and it will not usually be so 

 in areas where tiger are plentiful. Also one thing 

 in favour of the sportsman's now and then having 



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