BULLET AND SHOT 



5 p.m., is a great comfort. I agree with Mr. 

 Sanderson, that watching is very far from un- 

 interesting work, but after many fruitless vigils, 

 Hope, the golden-winged angel, is apt to take flight 

 till next time. 



In the Ganjam district, my grandfather, the late 

 Mr. G. E. Russell (afterwards senior member of 

 the Madras Council, but then the Collector there), 

 used to shoot tigers from sloping pits, dug near 

 water, and so arranged that the sportsman reclined 

 at ease, while his eyes scanned the surface of the 

 pool. This is a mode of watching of which I have 

 had no experience, and in a country in which 

 artificial irrigation works are so wide-spread as 

 they are in Mysore, its trial would not be worth 

 one's while. 



Sportsmen intending to shoot tigers should en- 

 deavour to enlist the sympathies of the district 

 forest officer, who can, if he should choose to do so, 

 render them very valuable assistance. 



The best localities for tiger shooting are the 

 Deccan, Canara, and the Godavery district in the 

 South; Central India; Maldah and Purneah, in 

 Bengal ; the Nepaul Terai, and the Brahmaputra 

 Churs, in the North of India. 



In the Sunderbunds, which are easily reached 

 from Calcutta, tigers are numerous, including some 

 man-eaters which take toll of the woodcutters 

 working therein, but the country is very feverish, 

 and the jungles exceedingly dense. 



A fair number of tigers exist upon the Nilgiri, 

 and other hill ranges in Southern India, but such, 



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