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they got a chance, as he knew this was the 

 only way to make him charge. 



" They must have sent some twenty shots 

 into the bush when, with a deafening roar, 

 the tiger sprang out into the very midst 

 of our party. I shall never forget the 

 consternation and utter confusion that 

 ensued. The first person he encountered 

 was an old man, whom he tore off his 

 horse in a second, but, before he had time 

 to mangle him, my father had put a bullet 

 into the tiger's shoulder, and had got 

 round so as to cut off his retreat into the 

 bush he had quitted. Another of our 

 party gave him a fresh wound, so he 

 began to find it was not all fun, and, 

 turning round, he went off at his best pace 

 growling most frightfully : as long as he 

 was in sight, and indeed, long after he 

 had disappeared, we could hear his dread- 



