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who was about fifteen yards from me, in the act 

 of firing at him with shot. I called loudly, that 

 if he fired at the tiger, one of us would certainly 

 be killed : on which he immediately dropped his 

 gun. 



He had not seen the animal distinctly, and had 

 no idea that it was a tiger, until he heard what I 

 said; I joined him, and immediately put balls 

 over each load of shot. The tiger moved off in 

 an oblique direction from us, at a slow pace, and 

 passed close by a servant of Mr. Barret's, who 

 actually fell down from fright. A few yards 

 further on, he met with our servants leading our 

 horses, which he also passed without molesting. 

 As soon as I thought he was clear of all our people, 

 in order to prevent his lurking about near us, I 

 fired my gun in the air, at the sound of which 

 he gave a most tremendous roar, which he 

 repeated several times as he went down the valley. 

 About thirty yards from the spot where he was 

 reposing, we found the carcass of a small bullock, 

 nearly half devoured : and to the circumstance of 

 the tiger's being glutted with his prey, and being 

 in consequence in an inactive lethargic state, I 

 entirely attribute my preservation. 



An occurrence nearly similar happened to me 



