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out such a rare opportunity of watching a tiger. 7 

 In this latter expression of the writer I think 

 all true sportsmen and lovers of nature will agree, 

 and will envy him the opportunity he had of thus 

 observing the animal's tactics in a stalk. It 

 must have been intensely interesting, and the 

 pure air and lovely scenery of the Neilgherry 

 hills, where the adventure occurred, must have 

 enhanced the pleasure considerably. 



It is but seldom that the chance of seeing a 

 tiger stalk his prey is afforded to the European 

 sportsman, and, as such instances are rare, I feel 

 I need oifer no apology to my readers for again 

 quoting from a friend of mine Captain Pierson.* 

 He, Allen,f and Oxley.J were all quartered at 

 Kamptee in the Central Provinces shortly before I 

 was, and I was intimately acquainted with Cap- 

 tain Pierson. The account which was written by 

 Captain Pierson appeared, I believe, in the Indian 

 Sporting Magazine, and the incident occurred on 

 the llth of May, 1869, on the banks of the Peu 

 Gunga river in Berar. It is as follows : 



c We had been tempted off our proposed line 

 of route, while on the march on the llth by the 

 receipt of the news of a tiger which had killed 



* Now Lieutenant-Colonel Pierson, retired, R.A. 



f Lieutenant G. B. Allen, K.A. 

 f Captain C. R. Oxley, 38th M.N.L (now dead). 



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