TIGER SHOOTING IN S. INDIA 



young buffalo tied by a rope, would be forced by 

 previous experience to employ the elaborate pre- 

 cautions which his confrere on the borders of 

 civilisation has found necessary for self-preserva- 

 tion, and I opine that considerable success in 

 watching, might, in suitable forests, be attained by 

 this method. I present the idea to my readers. I 

 had only just inaugurated it, and but one of my cattle 

 had been killed, when I went on long leave without 

 pay. in order to practise at the bar. In the case of 

 that kill, the tiger did not appear between about 

 2.30 p.m. and dusk, and though I subsequently 

 heard that he returned during the night, I had 

 arranged for a big beat on the following day, and 

 therefore could not attend to him. He must, I 

 imagine, either have winded me, or, having enjoyed 

 a big feed elsewhere, was in no hurry for another 

 meal. 



I have a decided preference in watching for a 

 second day's kill, i.e.^ a kill off which the tiger has 

 already supped on the previous night, and of which 

 he has usually eaten the two hind-quarters, but I 

 have always watched whenever I have had the 

 chance first day or second day and on a few 

 occasions (out of many) the tiger has come. 



Mosquitoes are often very troublesome to the 

 sportsman on the watch, but tobacco smoke will 

 keep them away from his face ; and he should wear 

 boots, not shoes, otherwise he will be horribly bitten 

 through his socks. His legs, too, ought to be well 

 protected against these troublesome pests. 



A light cap, to exchange for the sola topee after 



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