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tion. The presence of two or more individuals is u sually 

 enough to force him to retire, but if he charges, every 

 man must stand fast, and for this reason a gara should 

 never be approached except when along with thoroughly 

 dependable men. A friend of mine was once charged 

 by a tiger near Luchwalli, in Mysore, on visiting a gara 

 the brute rushing out roaring, in the orthodox way, but he 

 stood his ground, and the tiger changed his mind when 

 within a few yards, and skulked off through some thick 

 grass, which saved him during his advance and retreat 

 from being fired at. When following up the pugs of a 

 wounded tiger or panther, if the claw marks show that 

 they have been driven deeply into the ground, it is a sure 

 sign of his being severely wounded ; and in the case of 

 deer or bison, the separation of the hoofs, as shown by 

 the slots, is a similar indication. When tracking up n 

 wounded animal, do not be discouraged by the absence of 

 blood, as owing to internal haemorrhage the mortally 

 wounded animal often shows no traces of it. When firing 

 heavy charges, the jar often causes both barrels to go 

 off simultaneously a very unpleasant experience, which 

 should be obviated by only full cocking one barrel at a 

 time. When tiger shooting, the first thing to be done on 

 arriving at a village is to enlist the services of the local 

 native shikari at any price. He is always thoroughly 

 acquainted with the numbers and habits of the tigers and 

 other animals in the district, and is king of his own 

 jungle. No shikar party is complete without a shikari to 

 act in an administrative capacity, to elicit khabar, to 

 obtain haylas and beaters, and to square the village 

 shikaries often a very difficult task, and one that requires 

 the greatest tact, for as a rule they resent inroads by 

 visitors, whose performances may dim their local reputa- 



