INCIDENTS IN TIGER SHOOTING 



at the base of the hill, while W. and I sat upon the 

 rocky saddle. Above us was a cave situated higher 

 up the hill whose crest towered above our post, and 

 while I had to watch the right side, W.'s care was 

 the left, and below his post the jungle extended up 

 the valley to a point somewhat beyond him. 



On my side was dense jungle to within about 

 forty yards of my post, and beyond it a piece of 

 open ground. The portion of the saddle on which 

 I sat rose perpendicularly from this open. 



Towards the direction of the beat there were 

 rocks far more elevated than the saddle on which 

 W. and I sat, and two or three men ascended the 

 highest points and watched. Presently the latter 

 signalled that a tiger or panther (we did not yet 

 know for certain which animal had killed the cow) 

 was coming on towards us, but the beat came nearer 

 and nearer, and nothing appeared. At last W. 

 moved over to my post, saying that the men had 

 come right up the valley on his side, and that there 

 was evidently nothing in that part of the jungle, 

 so he would stay with me and help me in case of 

 need. 



The beaters on the other side had got ahead of 

 those on mine, and as they continued yelling, I 

 feared that, if there were a tiger still in the beat 

 on my side, their shouts might deter him from 

 coming to my post, and I therefore asked W. to 

 stop the noise. He moved across the saddle for 

 this purpose, when I spotted a tiger inside, but close 

 to the edge of the dense jungle just below my post. 

 The animal gave vent to a loud " Woof! " and raced 



