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with my mother still lying across his back. 

 He did not even now seem to know that he 

 was followed, and when he reached the 

 jungle he found the party was close to 

 him : now, at last becoming aware that he 

 was pursued, and quickening his pace, he 

 was making for the densest part of it ; but 

 my father, who had had some experience 

 in tiger hunting, guessed what he was 

 about doing, and he, with a few others 

 dashing on ahead, got in front of him, 

 and this move seemed to perplex him 

 greatly. Finding pursuers in front as 

 well as in rear, he did not know what to 

 do next, but, after a little hesitation, he 

 made for a thick bush and crept under it, 

 taking his victim in with him. Our kind 

 neighbours -were afraid to fire at him for 

 fear of hitting my mother, but my father 

 implored them to fire at him whenever 



