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came on his track on the other side ; and Manajee 

 went one way while I came this. If you will go 

 and eat your breakfasts, I will look along the rest of 

 this side and make certain he has not left. He is a 

 very large tiger, Sahibs ; look at the pug. It will 

 be great shikar." 



Thus advised, the three returned to camp, accom- 

 panied by the lamenting villager, whose cow had 

 furnished the tiger's ample meal. Arraying them- 

 selves in their sporting garb, they sat down to break- 

 fast. By the time it was finished, Rugonauth and 

 Manajee had returned, reporting that no tracks led 

 from the jungle, consequently that the beast was 

 safely ringed. The beaters were rapidly assembling, 

 and before long all were prepared for the beat. 



The cover, which was in the bed of the river, was 

 divided into three distinct parts by open spaces of 

 considerable extent. A large pool of water, with its 

 bank free from brushwood, but garnished with a 

 few trees, occupied the flank of one of these. It 

 was deemed best to beat the section thus divided 

 from the rest of the jungle first ; the hunters being 

 stationed in occupancy of the open space. For the 

 tiger was believed to be sleeping off the effects of 

 his hearty meal in the section alluded to, which was 

 that nearest to the dead cow. 



The beaters were accordingly assembled at the 



