BULLET AND SHOT 



not say that such should never be taken, but they 

 should, whenever practicable, be avoided. 



It is very common for panthers to kill cattle, 

 and even buffaloes tied out as baits for tigers ; 

 and occasionally a beat for the slayers proves 

 successful, though far more often it results in 

 failure. 



In some places, where there are rocky hills full 

 of caves, panthers may be shot by stalking them 

 from above when they are out sunning themselves, 

 and they may also occasionally be smoked out 

 of their caves, and then shot. The " French 

 Rocks" in Mysore is a place where these animals 

 have been bagged by both methods. 



I once had a favourite dog carried off by a 

 panther before my eyes. I was returning to camp 

 after beating unsuccessfully for a tiger, and was 

 at the time riding a very excellent little Pegu 

 pony, two natives on horseback accompanying 

 me, while the coolies with my rifles were following 

 on foot at some distance. 



We were riding along a cart-track through scrub 

 jungle, my dog running in front, when, all of a 

 sudden, in a sandy nullah which was densely 

 wooded, and which was itself in the midst of a 

 large tract of jungle, a dark form appeared and 

 seized the dog, and I saw a long tail on end in 

 the air. I at once shouted, and charged down upon 

 the panther which however carried the dog away 

 into the jungle. As soon as I could stop and turn 

 my pony, I rode back to the men, hurried them up, 

 took my express rifle, and, making a devour, stood 



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