TIGERS. 87 



form, which pretended to be dead in order to seize them 

 without trouble. 



This led to subsequent difficulty in getting beaters. 

 During the eight days we were at Bokur we also got 

 thirteen bears and four panthers, and then proceeded to 

 Pota in the Nandair district, meeting some pigs and bears 

 there. We here made the acquaintance of Major Havelock, 

 of the Nizam's Infantry, who had come from Hingolee to 

 accomplish the death of a tiger that had killed his 

 shikari under the following circumstances : They were 

 beating one day near Golamorra, the shikari being utilised 

 as a stop, with orders to fire at the tiger if necessary, and, 

 as it attempted to break in his direction, he fired at and 

 wounded it slightly. It then entered a thick patch of 

 jungle, and Havelock, with the shikari, pushed on ahead 

 to intercept it. The shikari was carrying a light ten 

 foot bamboo ladder to enable his master to get up trees 

 with facility. This he adjusted to a selected tree, and 

 Havelock was in the act of mounting, the shikari holding 

 the foot of the ladder, when he heard the growl of a 

 tiger, and, looking round, beheld the unfortunate man in 

 its clutches on the ground within a few feet of him. 

 The rifles were also on the ground, and he was obliged to 

 witness the tragedy that followed without being able 

 to render any help. The poor fellow expired almost 

 immediately, and Havelock, failing to find the tiger 

 again, returned to cantonments. When we met him he 

 was marching towards Golamorra with the intention 

 of again searching for the tiger, but as we were the 

 first on the ground, the choice of it lay with us 

 according to the unwritten law of the jungle, and he 

 was consequently obliged to entrust us with the mission of 

 retribution. 



