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hill, during his progress over which he had been 

 obliged to lie down several times. 



That the tiger could not have got away, had 

 I a steady elephant, was certain, but that we had 

 no chance of bagging him, in the dense thickets in 

 which he always took shelter after crossing a bit 

 of fairly open jungle, was equally sure ; and that 

 to press him at such a disadvantage would lead to 

 a fatal accident, was most probable ; so that at last 

 we decided to return to camp, and to send out 

 thence to the neighbouring villages to procure all 

 the nets which we might be able to obtain, with the 

 aid of which we hoped to bring him to bag on the 

 following day. I therefore went back to my tent, 

 and that evening I sat on the ground in the jungle, 

 with a kid picketed in front of me, and bagged a 

 panther. 



Next morning, having succeeded in obtaining 

 only a few nets, we went out and again took up 

 the tracks, which soon led into a large and very 

 dense thicket. Six or eight times the number of 

 nets at my disposal would have been necessary to 

 enclose the same, which was situated on the bank 

 of the stream, where the latter made a bend at 

 nearly a right angle. I therefore put up the nets 

 across part of the base of the enclosed triangle as 

 far as they would go, and from their termination 

 stationed men up trees to the stream on the other 

 extremity of the base, and also along the portion 

 of the bank which was out of my sight, while I 

 crossed the sandy bed and sat on the further bank 

 at the apex of the triangle. Presently, shouting 



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