CHAPTER XXI. 



TIGER-SHOOTING IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 



BMMARK3 ON TIQER-SHOOTINO ON FOOT — NOT NECESSARILY FOOLHARDY SPORT— EFFECT OF 

 THE tiger's ROAR — THE lYENPOOR MAN-EATER — HER RAVAGES — KILLS A MAN AT 

 NAGWULLT — ANOTHER VICTIM — AN UNSUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS DAY'S HUNT— A HERDS- 

 iUN'S FATE — A PRIEST CARRIED OFF — THE MAN-EATER's CUB — HORRIBLE DEATH OF 

 A VILLAGER — AN UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT — HER LAST VICTIM — AN AFFECTIONATE SON- 

 JN-LAW — NEWS OF THE MAN-EATER — AN EVENING WATCH — HER APPEARANCE— KILL 

 HER — THE VILLAGERS OF HEBSOOR — TERRIFIED AGRICULTURISTS — THE " DON " TIGER 

 — HIS HABITS AND PECULIARITIES — EFFIGY OF THE DON — AN INLAND CYCLONE — THE 

 don's gluttony — WE HUNT HIM — AN AFTER-DINNER RTJN — WOUND HIM — HE ESCAPES 

 FOR THE TIME — CONTINUE THE CHASE NEXT DAY — HIS DEATH — REGRETS — BOILING 

 DOWN THE don's FAT. 



TIGER-SHOOTING on foot is very generally condemned, but as in most 

 matters of choice there is something to be said for, as well as against, 

 it. It is never followed systematically by any man, but circumstances 

 occasionally arise when it must be resorted to, or sport be sacrificed. At 

 this point some men abandon their quarry, some stick to it. Those without 

 experience of their game do well to pause ; but one who knows the beast he 

 has to deal with, may kill many dangerous animals on foot without accident 

 or even serious adventure. Almost every accident that occurs is directly 

 traceable to ignorance or carelessness. The sportsman is a tyro, and over- 

 venturesome ; or due precautions are not observed when a wounded beast is 

 on foot, and some one, moving about where he does not think the animal 

 can possibly be, is seized. 



Tiger-shooting on foot can never, of course, be safe sport ; but a sports- 

 man is not supposed to look for absolute safety on all occasions, any more 

 than does a soldier. Risks must be run, but if properly conducted danger- 

 ous game-shooting on foot is not the mad amusement usually supposed. 

 Speaking for myself, I have been fortunate enough to kill several tigers and 



