INCIDENTS IN TIGER SHOOTING 



on my right front attracted my attention, and there 

 I saw a tiger rushing towards me, crouched low 

 along the ground as he advanced after the manner 

 of a cat when stalking a bird upon the lawn. I 

 instantly pulled up, and at once turned " Box's " 

 head towards the tiger, and shouted. The brute 

 stopped, but did not offer to retreat, so I then 

 moved towards him, still shouting. He turned 

 round and retreated, but very slowly, looking back 

 over his shoulder every pace or two ; and having 

 retired to about thirty or forty yards, sat bolt up- 

 right on his haunches like a dog. Fearing to turn 

 my back upon him, I now charged straight at the 

 tiger, shouting and ordering him off; whereupon 

 he bolted, while I made the best time I could along 

 the narrow cart-track till I reached the high road, 

 though branches and thorns overhead rendered 

 riding at any pace a far from easy or comfortable 

 form of exercise. 



Of course, it was only "Box" whom the tiger 

 wanted not myself; but it would have been 

 equally awkward for me had he sprung upon the 

 pony, for the tiger's own fears at finding a man 

 under him would probably have induced him to kill 

 me too. 



A good instance of how undisciplined beaters 

 may spoil a drive for a tiger was afforded in a 

 beat which I had in 1895. O ne f mv ^ es nac ^ 

 been killed, but as I could not go to try for the 

 slayer until the next dies non, I had a second cow 

 tied, and it also was killed. My shikarrie reported 

 that the villagers said that a tigress with two cubs 



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