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afraid of firing as I saw a group of my people were 

 beyond him in the line of fire. I let him go on a 

 little, threw up my rifle, and took a steady aim just 

 behind his shoulder, pulling the trigger just as he 

 moved his fore arm whilst walking. 



When the smoke cleared away a little, I had the 

 pleasure of seeing him stretched lifeless on his side ; 

 my ball having passed through his heart, death was 

 instantaneous. He was a fine, full-grown male tiger, 

 whose beautifully marked skin measured eleven feet 

 four inches from the tip of the nose to the end of the 

 tail. I got another shot at a buck spotted deer, 

 which I wounded in the hind-quarters, paralysing 

 them, and W finished him for me. 



The beaters now made their appearance ; they had 

 killed four deer, three pigs, and a bear, and reported 

 that two other tigers, some neilghau, and several 

 herds of deer and hog had burst through their line. 



One of their number was severely wounded in the 

 thigh by a huge boar, which charged and knocked 

 him down after he had been wounded. The flesh 

 of the thigh was cut as clean as if it had been done 

 with a knife, so we bandaged it up as well as we 

 could, the Doctor devoting a certain part of his 

 nether clothing for the business, which performance 

 caused us no little amusement, as we could not for 

 some time make out what the old gentleman was 

 after. 



