226 ON THE EDGE 



big as herself. Otherwise I should not 

 have fired at her. 



On examining the spot I found no blood ; 

 but, some twenty feet on, I found a horn, 

 cut off nearly at the base, which accounted 

 for the performance, and proved what a 

 remarkably bad shot mine had been. Still, 

 it should take a pretty "tall" performer 

 to put a bullet in the right place on a 

 galloping chinkara with a smooth bore ! 



However, the buck was all right, and 

 was soon gralloched and secured to the 

 trap. 



This ended the day's shooting, and we 

 drove on to an old tower, erected once 

 in order that the then lords of the soil 

 might shoot tigers in safety from its top. 

 There are as many tigers in Epping Forest 

 now as there are in that district. Here 



