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scattered right and left, one coming past me, 

 which I knocked over, shattering its hind leg 

 above the hock, and the remaining two going past 

 Clay, who bagged one. We shouted to the beaters 

 to come on, and, descending from our perches, 

 went to despatch my cub, who could not go far. 

 The vicious little beast snarled and spat at us 

 like an angry cat, and even attempted to charge, 

 but a bullet soon put him out of his misery. 



Sending the beaters round we made them beat 

 back to us, when Clay bagged the other cub. All 

 endeavours to find the male tiger proved fruitless, 

 and we had to be content with the three, and a 

 very imposing spectacle it was to see them borne 

 into camp slung on poles, the procession accom- 

 panied by native musicians making day hideous 

 with the discordant sound of tom-toms, horns, and 

 all c manner of music, 7 that would have satisfied 

 even Belshazzar. This tigress was a small one, 

 only measuring seven feet eleven inches, but 

 this was accounted for by her having lost some 

 six inches of her tail from some cause. Her skin 

 was however very rich in colour and beautifully 

 marked. 



Sportsmen should if possible always keep a 

 keen look-out, or see their shikari does, that the 

 tiger's whiskers are not stolen, as natives value 

 them highly as a charm, and will, if they possibly 



