278 LEOPARD SHOOTING. 



paw had mortified, where the string had 

 been tightened ronnd it, and had dropped 

 ofl^. It did not, however, seem to feel or care 

 much about it, as I observed it when 

 walking about, often put the stump to the 

 ground. 



Of the many leopards I have killed, none 

 have shown sufiicient sport to deserve men- 

 tion, nor were the incidents that occurred, 

 worthy of record, however interesting they 

 were to me at the time. Some have been 

 killed at night, over the carcasses of cattle, 

 some met with by chance, when hunting for 

 other animals or shooting birds, and occa- 

 sionally, a few were found and killed, by 

 tracking them in the snow. I have seldom 

 had much trouble with them. By far the 

 larger number were killed as first mentioned, 

 and latterly, by a method at variance with 

 my former ideas of the feline race. 



For many years, if there was no moon, I 

 always gave up when it became quite dark ; 

 but have lately found, that a lamp on a dai'k 

 night is an excellent substitute, and perhaps I 



