CHAPTER XI. 



Caution and Foolhardiness Anecdotes A raging Lion An 

 ingenious Euso Knotted Snakes A Bear and Soda-Water 

 Shooting Panther flying Shooting "in arrest" Bear 

 versus Bayonet. 



THE circumstance of Hawkes' narrow escape, as 

 narrated in the last chapter, led the hunters to 

 converse on the subject of escapes in general from 

 tigers and other wild beasts ; and also of the many 

 who had fallen victims. 



The two elder had heard of numerous instances 

 where the sportsman had not been so fortunate as 

 Hawkes ; but, though escaping death, had been 

 sadly mauled. And, alas ! the Indian newspapers 

 are unhappily also numerous, which contain accounts 

 of some promising young fellow's death, owing to a 

 want of caution, or to extreme foolhardiness in 

 following the sports of the field. Peril, to some 

 extent, there must be, with such powerful and 

 dangerous beasts to fight and slay. But prudence 

 and caution greatly diminish this, and vastly reduce 

 the risk both to sportsmen and beaters. Some 



