Jungle By- Ways in India 



eating pest would be got rid of at a much earlier 

 date were this done, the shikari would not suffer, 

 as the sahib is ever most generous to his helpers 

 in sporting matters. 



When the ' kills ' have been purchased and tied 

 out, the sportsman has nothing to do but sit and 

 twiddle his thumbs or devote his attention to 

 other game in areas remote from the ' tie-ups ' 

 until an animal has been killed. This latter will 

 usually be done at night or in the late evening, 

 and occasionally in the afternoon, and the khub- 

 bar will be brought to him in the early morning, 

 the shikari and his satellites, or more probably 

 the latter only, going the round of the tie-ups at 

 dawn every morning. 



In the Central Provinces once a kill has taken 

 place the tiger's pugs are carefully followed up 

 till he is rnarked down in some patch of grass or 

 forest, the trackers circling round the area to make 

 sure that the tracks only enter, and do not leave 

 the patch. The tiger will remain here through- 

 out the day, slinking out in the evening or after 

 nightfall to feed on the kill. Once the locality of 

 the tiger has been definitely ascertained, a man 

 or two are left to watch, and the rest depart to 

 report the matter and to hastily turn out beaters 

 from the nearest villages. There will be time, as 

 the beat will not be commenced until the sun has 

 got to some height in the sky, and the tiger has 

 taken up his position for the day in some shady 



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