BULLET AND SHOT 



we proceeded to make a methodical search ; where- 

 upon we found the panther lying dead only just 

 beyond the spot, at the edge of the open and com- 

 mencement of the thicket, at which I had terminated 

 my solitary reconnaissance. Now, had the panther 

 been alive and physically capable of so doing, he 

 would almost certainly have charged me, from 

 within a few paces, and at terrific speed, and I 

 should most probably have been at the least 

 severely clawed. So difficult is it to see the skin 

 of a panther in jungle brilliant and conspicuous 

 though it be in the open or in a room that too 

 great caution cannot be exercised in following up 

 a wounded animal. 



The vernacular names for the panther are 



Hindustani Tendwa, Chita, Chita-bagh, Chota- 

 bagh. 



Canarese Kirba, Ibba, (large specimen Dod- 

 Ibba), Mutt-naie, (naie literally means dog, but 

 owing to superstitious fears of naming dangerous 

 animals, the tiger is often alluded to in Canarese as 

 " dod-naie," or big dog, and the panther as " mutt- 

 naie," or spotted dog). 



Mahrathi Chinna-puli. 



Telegu Burkal. 



Gondi Bay-heera. 



In the Himalayas Tahr-hay. 



Thibetan Sik. 



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