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tiger of Karoa was thus-wise that by chance one Jat sepoy had tied a hetia. 

 in some distant jungle and the tiger had eaten it and lay in rocks and so one 

 Jaglia who is giving me help he was going there quickly and driving away 

 the animal, but coming back he met that sepoy and that other the Mussalman r 

 so they caught him and heat him with much strength so that he is lying 



helpless in his house. Further because of rny well: knowing all that jungle 



I knew where that animal's home remained and where he was doubtless gone 

 to lie, so I told the saheb and persuaded him by many words and eating of 

 oaths that all the roads of that tiger were known to me and so took him to 

 beat another jungle where by reason of the smalmess of the bushes a tiger 

 remains not ever, in addition that tiger had left no footsteps so the saheb agreed. 



Further by reason of ill fortune that accursed animal had not gone to that 



other usual place but was even lying asleep in this very small jungle so by chance 

 so it happened that there was successful hunting and because of this the saheh 

 became very happy. Moreover that Mussalman could not speak by reason of that 

 astonishing thing the mouth Of your honour's slave also became stopped through 

 wonder, but I gave flattering words to the sepoys and by reason of the days of 

 his leave being finished that saheb is making much gladness on account of kill- 

 ing the big tiger during the last day. Further the saheb taking aside said 



to me that Jhoot Singh thou art a very good man and a clever shikari^ tell me 

 then of an altogether truth and as if holding the cow's tail that has there from 

 thy side been at any time any treachery in the matter of hunting and was it 

 truly thy some enemy who drove away the three tigers from that ndla of p. 

 for I have heard about sounds of gun also in the evening before I came to that 



place. Further but I made answer with great sadness of countenance that 



it is your honour's pleasure that having killed tigers and made such good hunt- 

 ing that your honour is now making suspicions on me surely and without doubt 

 some person my enemy has given false information but it is as your honour 

 pleases and it is a word of great sorrow and to me there is great shame because 



of this word. Further. then the saheb looked at me with sharp looking 



for some time and made mention of many kinds of deceivings and the 

 tracks of the treachery which had come to his knowing and I became afraid for 

 I knew now that the saheb although making dissemblings was knowing little 

 and much. At last the saheb became unsuspicious and at the time of his 

 departure he presented me with some rewards and gave promises of returning 



again for hunting and said that see Jhoot Singh in this zillahof W there are 



many villainous blackguards of which some are of greater rank than tahsil- 

 dars but knowing of their astuteness I became watchful so it is come about 

 that in spite of hindering and treacheries I have killed some tigers take there- 



