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quickly re-appeared, and gave a fair clear shot as he 

 crossed an opening in the bushes. Norman carefully 

 covered him, fired, and the beast dropped dead with- 

 out a groan. 



Highly delighted with this most satisfactory 

 result, the more gratifying because so little 

 expected at that early hour, for the sun had barely 

 risen, Norman awoke the jungle echoes with an 

 exulting whoop, which ere long brought his brother 

 sportsmen to his side ; and soon afterwards they 

 returned in triumph to camp. 



" How lucky we have been with these two last 

 tigers ! " observed Hawkes, as they sat after break- 

 fast. " Each polished off with a single shot. I 

 suppose that does not often happen, does it ? " 



" Not very often," answered Mackenzie. " I 

 think I have only once before managed it my- 

 self." 



" When was that ? " asked the young fellow, who 

 was never tired of listening to the sporting anecdotes 

 of his more experienced friends. 



" Strange to say," was the reply, " it was on the 

 only occasion on which I ever shot tigers from the 

 back of an elephant. I was by myself, having 

 borrowed an old tusker a splendid shikaree ele- 

 phant from a native Rajah. 1 was on leave at the 

 time, on the top of Mount Aboo, in Rajpootana, and 



