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was accompanied by a man on foot with a rifle. Quietly dis- 

 mounting, and making my horse over to my attendant, we 

 moved on at the same pace, and on reaching the spot where 

 the wolves had crossed, I saw several standing about in the 

 jungle within easy shot. Selecting a large dog-wolf, I fired, 

 shooting him through the body behind the shoulder. Although 

 completely doubled up, he kept his legs, but as I could 

 plainly see the bullet-hole in his side, I made sure he would 

 fall, and ran on through the jungle, hoping to get a shot at 

 another. This I failed to do, and on my return I found the 

 wounded wolf had disappeared. I followed the track by the 

 blood for some distance, but did not see him again, and had 

 to content myself with the knowledge that he was past sheep- 

 killing. Previous to this I had received intelligence of a 

 tiger in the Boorar river, near Teekree, but having much work 

 on hand I had been unable to go after him. But about this 

 time a detachment of the 71st Highlanders was on its march 

 up from Bombay, and as I intended to meet them at Sind- 

 wah, I hoped to find time to look up the tiger on the way. 

 I therefore deputed Munnoo from Khull, ordering him to 

 examine the bed of the river, and send me word at once if 

 he saw a fair prospect of sport. He returned after two days, 

 bringing the skin of the tiger, which was of the largest size. 

 Hearing that a cow had been killed on the morning of his 

 arrival at Teekree, he had sat up in a tree over the body, and 

 on the tiger coming out, about sunset, he had shot him dead. 

 I was rather angry at this termination to my hopes, and did 

 not award to Munnoo the meed of praise which he evidently 

 anticipated. When near Sindwah I came on the fresh foot- 

 prints of four tigers which had passed along the road in the 

 early morning. They were very distinct in the heavy dust 

 paterfamilias, the lady-mother, and two well-grown children. 



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