BULLET AND SHOT 



When the late Mr. Sanderson wrote his admirable 

 book, many years ago, conditions were very different. 

 Game was more abundant, guns were comparatively 

 few in the villages, and what few there were in his 

 vicinity Mr. Sanderson succeeded in getting im- 

 pounded, by moving Government so to direct in the 

 interests of Kheddah operations. If he could now 

 revisit some of his old haunts, he might form an 

 opinion widely different to that which he held then 

 on the subject of the possibility of the ryots, without 

 aid from tigers, being able to keep down game 

 injurious to crops. With this one reservation, I 

 accept and endorse his views as to the utility of 

 tigers, and I sincerely hope that the great cat may 

 long survive in the land. 



The activity of the tiger, combined with his 

 tremendous power, his acute senses, and his extreme 

 cunning, render him by far the most dangerous 

 animal which can be met with in hostile encounter 

 in the continent of India. 



Nearly every year several sportsmen are killed 

 when tiger shooting, and it is almost surprising that 

 the list of victims is not even longer. 



Periodically, the question as to the length of tigers 

 comes up for discussion ; a lot of more or less in- 

 accurate correspondence ensues, and the matter is 

 once more allowed to drop until some startling 

 measurement is reported, when it is again revived 

 with a similar result. 



I was not long ago told by an acquaintance that 

 a certain good sportsman, who has shot many tigers 

 and who lived near my informant's house, had shot 



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