xiv CONTENTS. 



Death of a Villager Successful Right and Left Bag the Cubs 

 Tigers' Whiskers Curious Anatomical Structure An Impudent 

 Kite The Khandla Tiger The Artful Dodger Cannibalism of 

 Tigers Frogs as a Diet Tigers' fondness of Bathing Attacked by 

 Red Ants A Shot in the Water Tigris Redivivus ! 



CHAPTER XI. 

 TIGER-SHOOTING (CONTINUED) .... 172 



First Encounter on Foot with a Tiger Apparent Failure of Beat 

 Sudden Appearance of the Tigress Too Close to be Pleasant 

 What shall 1 do ? Close Quarters In quest of Bears A Blank- 

 Unexpected Meeting with a Tigress Wound Her Follow Up 

 She charges Her Death Extraordinary vitality Tiger's powers of 

 Concealment The Tandla Tiger An awkward Predicament He 

 is very Sick Precautions to be taken in Approaching dead Tigers 

 The Daba Tiger ' Independent Firing ' The Death-spring Im- 

 potent rage of a wounded Tiger. 



CHAPTER XII. 



TIGER-SHOOTING (CONTINUED) .... 189 



Noiseless Motion of Tigers Death of a Man-eater Scene on the 

 Neilgherry Hills The Stalker Stalked The Pipulkulti Tigress A 

 Good View of her Stalk Apparent momentary Fascination of Cow 

 The Charge Unconcern of Remainder of the Herd The Cou r 

 Avenged Tigers' Mode of Killing their Prey Curious Incident with 

 Black Buck An Invulnerable Jackal Assam Man-eater Sitting 

 Up as a ' Bait ' The Plan Succeeds, though not quite in the Manner 

 Intended Wonderful Presence of Mind A Narrow Shave. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



TIGER-SHOOTING (CONCLUDED) . . . .211 



Unlucky Days Ningnur I nearly make a Fatal Mistake Folly 

 of Changing One's Mind Useless Pursuit Blank Day 'If 

 Another Try for Bears Gallop after a Boar Lose Him Sold 



