INCIDENTS IN TIGER SHOOTING 



advanced towards the tiger. While I was walking 

 up to him, he struggled, raised his head, and tried to 

 get up, so I fired at the back of his neck, and again 

 he fell and lay motionless, and, as I thought, dead. 

 I -went in close and pulled his tail, and he then 

 began gasping and opening his mouth. I thought 

 that he was just dying, so stood close to him, but 

 did not think that another bullet was necessary- 

 even for humanity's sake but still the breathing 

 and gasping went on after quite a number of the 

 beaters had come up, so at last I fired another shot 

 which finished him. 



This case affords a remarkably good illustration 

 of the care which ought to be exercised in approach- 

 ing a tiger which the sportsman believes to be dead. 

 Many men have lost their lives owing to want of 

 due caution in this respect. 



After the death of the tiger, I had luncheon, and 

 then proceeded to beat (on the chance of deer) two 

 other portions of the plantations, without, however, 

 seeing anything worth shooting. 



About ten weeks later I was again at Lakwallie, 

 this time accompanied by a friend Captain (now 

 Major) G. (of the Gunners) and one day, while 

 we were there together, I arranged to beat the 

 plantations for deer, or anything worth bagging 

 which might turn up. The first beat was the one 

 in which I had shot the big tiger who would not 

 die for so long a time, and that proved blank so 

 far as anything fit to shoot was concerned, nothing 

 but hinds and does appearing ; so we went on to 

 the next beat my first after lunch on the previous 

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