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His most memorable feat as a shikarri was the slaying 

 of a man-eating tiger under remarkable circumstances, 

 which testified to his extraordinary coolness and 

 courage. The " man-eater " in question had for a long 

 while been the terror of the district, and had carried off 

 upwards of a hundred human beings. Most of its 

 victims were women and girls, whose skulls and bones, 

 with ornaments still attached to them, were found in its 

 lair. Its latest victims, however, had been among the 

 ddks, or native running postmen. Leveson resolved to 

 kill this u man-eater." There was a council held among 

 the native shikarris, the issue of which " the Old 

 Shekarry" thus graphically describes: 



"At length Kistimah said he had been thinking of 

 a plan which, though dangerous in the execution, might 

 be attended with success. It was for me to go, with 

 a man dressed as a runner, down the main road at 

 sunset, being the time the tiger generally carried off his 

 victims, and run the chance of getting a shot. 



At this proposition sundry interjectional expressions 

 such as ' Abah ! ' ' Arrez ! ' ' Toba ! ' ' Toba ! ' escaped 

 from the lips of the bystanders, and from sundry 

 shakings of heads, and other unmistakeable signs, I could 

 see that it had not found much favour in their eyes. 

 Chineah, the dhoby, and one or two of the gang, 

 however, approved of the plan, and Kistimah offered to 

 accompany me as the post-runner. 



This, however, I objected to, for I thought that I 

 should have a better chance of meeting the tiger if 

 I went alone than in company ; besides I preferred 

 having only myself to look after. The plan of action 



