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being an excellent cure for rheumatism, to which I can 

 personally testify. It should be melted in a saucepan and 

 poured into bottles, which must be well corked and sealed. 

 This will assuredly disappear even more rapidly than 

 the whiskers and beernecks if not watched ; indeed, I have 

 never been able to secure more than ten soda-water 

 bottles full from the fattest tiger, i.e., not half the crop 

 which ought to have been yielded by him. 



The tiger being gifted with a far keener nose than he 

 usually gets credit for, the guns should be posted to 

 leeward whenever possible, the beaters commencing 

 up-wind, this course being subject to local, and perhaps 

 more important, considerations, which alone can be 

 determined on the spot. 



During the burning days, when this sport is best 

 followed, there is often but little, if any, breeze, and, in 

 any case, the height at which the guns are usually posted 

 above the ground diminishes the chance of the tiger 

 getting their wind, always provided that there is no rising 

 ground in front and within range, in passing over which 

 he might be on the same level as the sportsmen. 



It is not customary to fire at other animals that may 

 appear when beating for a tiger, but all the same it is 

 frequently done without detriment to the sport, and at 

 the worst would probably only turn him to another gun. 

 When he is marked into a restricted area, such as a small 

 nullah or patch of jungle, where seeing him is a certainty, 

 it is always understood by the sportsmen that their fire 

 is to be reserved for his exclusive benefit. 



