TIGER SHOOTING IN S. INDIA 



is broadside on, shoot him through the shoulder- 

 blade, or, if he be turned slightly away from the 

 sportsman, then just behind the shoulder, taking 

 care not to hit him too far back, and rapidly 

 following up his first shot with a second, whether 

 the tiger appears to require it or no. If, however, 

 he has no spare gun on the ladder, it is advisable 

 to reload the discharged barrel before firing a 

 second shot, so as not to be left with an empty 

 rifle in the event of the tiger discovering his 

 position, and attempting an escalade. Instances 

 of the latter are not common, still it is as well to- 

 be prepared for all contingencies. Only within 

 the last few years, an officer in the Gunners, when 

 out shooting in the Deccan, broke the shoulder 

 of a tigress, who at once rushed at his tree with 

 the intention of trying to get up it (although her 

 broken shoulder would have made it impossible 

 for her to succeed), whereupon he killed her. 



Years ago, in the days of muzzle-loaders. Colonel 

 G. a fine Mysore sportsman was on a shooting 

 ladder, with a double-barrelled rifle in hand, and 

 a second gun at the foot of the tree. , A tiger 

 which had been beaten up to him and severely 

 wounded with both barrels by the Colonel, catching 

 sight of his foe, and being too sick to do any more, 

 lolled up on the ladder, with all the will, but lacking 

 the physical ability to exact a deep revenge. So 

 badly injured was the animal in this case, that, after 

 reclining helplessly on the ladder, grinning savagely 

 meanwhile at the sportsman, he went a little distance 

 off and died. It would have been very awkward 



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