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panther would probably charge home, as he is a much 

 more courageous animal, although inferior to the tiger in 

 power of jaw and claw. The village shikari invariably 

 shoots his tiger either over water or over a kill, and in the 

 latter case he takes care to be at least twenty feet from the 

 ground, and in the bad light often misses or wounds the 

 animal, which causes it to be very careful ever afterwards in 

 returning to a gara; but in jungles where he has never 

 been fired at in this way, he is less suspicious than the 

 panther, which has an awkward habit of examining the 

 trees adjacent to the carcase. The tiger sometimes takes 

 the trouble of covering the kill with leaves, and in the 

 case of a human victim killed when the sun is high, after 

 drinking the blood he will carry the body to some shady 

 spot, and use the clothing for that purpose. 



Wolves are not often met with in the Mysore or 

 Hyderabad (Deccan) country, although some years ago in 

 the Central Provinces they became very bold, and were in 

 the habit of entering villages and carrying off children. 

 When oobara shooting in Scinde, they were frequently seen ; 

 but they knew the range of a gun to a nicety, and never let 

 the camel I was riding within eighty yards of them. On 

 one occasion I tried to spear a wolf which passed close to 

 me in the Neermul jungle one morning when on the line of 

 march. He did not at first realise that he was being 

 pursued, and I got to within thirty yards of him at the 

 start ; this distance, however, he kept throughout a long 

 gallop, during which several spurts were made, when he 

 increased his pace correspondingly, and seemingly without 

 effort, and when I reined my horse up dead beat, he was 

 still lobbing along at the same pace, and seeming to enjoy 

 the fun. Instances are on record of wolves having been 

 run down and speared, but they were probably handicapped 



