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dekk* at ine, she wheeled about, and was making 

 off, when I took a quick shot, and floored her. I 

 could just see her tail move, and that was all. I 

 was just looking out, to see if I could not get 

 another shot at her, when I saw one of the cubs 

 sneaking up the hill, about forty yards off, and 

 immediately sent a bullet through him, thus making 

 a right-and-left shot at tigers. I could hear him 

 breathing heavily in the jungle, some distance off, 

 but could not see him. I reloaded my rifle, and 

 then tried to make out where the tigress was ; but 

 not a bit of her could either I or the shikaree see, 

 though we both of us climbed right up to the top of 

 the tree, and I began to be afraid she had sneaked 

 away while I was cooniug her infant. After wait- 

 ing about half-an-hour, I got out of my tree, and 

 sneaked up the hill, coming down over the place 

 where I had fired at the tigress, and there, to my 

 great delight, she lay behind a stone, that prevented 

 my seeing her from my '' inandwa." She must 

 have fallen dead on the spot, as she never even 

 growled. I then went in pursuit of the young \m, 



and found him also dead under a tree. L * 



says I have grown two inches, but I don't believe 



* Uind. for look. 



t The writer's compauion, who was posted in another part of 

 the jungle. 



