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which my rifle could cover was very limited. But the arrange- 

 ments of Dhokul and his men were, as usual, excellent. 

 From Baug I moved north towards Sirdarpore, and encamped 

 below the hills, near the village of Tanda. Here my usual 

 good fortune took a turn, and I lost one of my gun-bearers by 

 a sad accident. 



About 10 A.M. Dhokul came in, having left some of his 

 men on sentry over a very large tiger, which he had come 

 upon suddenly that morning. I was not long in turning out, 

 and, on arriving near the spot, we arranged the plan of attack. 

 I was accompanied by Lieutenant MacTier, who had joined 

 me that morning from Sirdarpore. 



The only tree which we could find in any way suited as a 

 position, was one standing near the head of a slope some fifty 

 yards in length. This tree had, at about eight feet from the 

 ground, strong shoots growing from the stem. On these I 

 took my stand, accompanied by my gun-bearer, named 

 Foorsut. At the foot of the slope a dry nullah crossed from 

 left to right, and beyond it was a level jungle thinly covered 

 with trees and bushes. The tiger was to be driven from our 

 left down the nullah. Having seen me to my place, Dhokul 

 went off to bring on the beat, and soon after the tiger came 

 trotting down on the far side of the nullah. Unfortunately, 

 my shot struck him too far back, and, turning sharp to the left, 

 he went off at a great pace, while I fired my remaining three 

 shots at random in the hope of doing further damage. Seeing 

 the" tiger go off, I did not at once reload, intending to do so 

 when I descended to follow him up on the elephant. Sud- 

 denly, a man on a tree cried out that the tiger was coming 

 back, and, on looking up, I saw him coming towards us at a 

 sharp trot. On reaching the nullah, he crossed it, and slowly 

 ascending the hill, stood immediately below our tree. With 



