HUNTING ALONE 



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I shot the tiger, a fine male 9 feet 6 inches. I 

 ran no risk whatever ; but Forman's show, whether 

 you think of what he saw, or what he did, has always 

 seemed to me good. 



The tigress lived some years. She was missed 

 from a tree. Then Mr. Faunthorpe, I.C.S., certainly 

 the best shot in India from an elephant, and probably 

 on foot too, beat for her in a patch of grass near 

 where her mate was killed. She dodged the line 

 for hours, but, getting bored, climbed on to a stack 

 of grass bundles to see how the hunt went. Faun- 

 thorpe aimed at her for about two minutes while 

 his elephant swayed ; at last he got a bead he was 

 satisfied with, and knocked her over, stone dead, 

 at a distance of over 200 yards. 



