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and another a little distance ofi", where 

 it had lain down the second time. The dog 

 took up the scent immediately, and followed 

 it about eighty yards to some large masses 

 of broken rock. Rounding one of these he 

 gave a sudden bark, and bounded back, 

 followed by a large tigress. I had a fair 

 shot within a few yards, and she dropped to 

 it ; but not having brought another charge 

 of powder and ball, I did not wait to see 

 whether she would get up again or not, but 

 gave the word to run, and in a few seconds 

 we were back again at the huts. 



" Whilst reloading, two villagers happened 

 to pass by, and thus reinforced we again 

 sallied forth. We soon found our friend 

 lymg behind one of the rocks, and as she 

 rose slowly up, one of the villagers made her 

 a salaam, ' gedee, sing rajah ! ' and I sent a 

 bullet through her head, which finished her 

 career. On examination I found the two 

 balls I had fired in the night had struck 

 her in the fore-part of the hind leg, breaking 

 the bone, and the flash had singed the fur 



