FELINE ANIMALS. 225 



The great secret necessary to ensure success 

 in this kind of shooting is never to pull trig- 

 ger unless certain of striking the game in a 

 vital spot, and again, always to keep a shot 

 in reserve, in case of a wounded animal 

 charging. 



I need not say that extreme coolness is as 

 much required as accuracy of marksmanship, 

 and anyone who feels " that he even has nerves " 

 had better confine his attentions to game that will 

 not retaliate when wounded. 



None of the feline race, with the exception 

 of man-eaters, which are few and far between, 

 will attack men, unless provoked. They always 

 avoid his presence, and the taint even of his 

 footstep in the forest will often make them turn 

 aside and leave the neighbourhood. 



These animals are all very tenacious of life, 

 and the hunter should always endeavour to shoot 

 them either through the brain or the heart. I 

 have often dropped them stone-dead with a 

 bullet right between the eyes, or by aiming just 

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