92 The Hunting Grounds 



" Do you think, Harry/* asked W , as I came 



up, " that the tiger you killed to-day was the man- 

 eater who has committed all these depredations 

 lately ?" 



" No," I replied, " Kistimah assures me that it is 

 not ; and I have no reason to doubt his assertion, as 

 tigers are common enough in this part of the country. 

 I shall, however, again try for him, for I hear we 

 shall be detained here three or four days longer, as 

 the Begum expects some one coming from Hydrabad. 

 You are aware that I have sent the best of my gang 

 to follow up his trail, so we have not heard the last 

 of him ; for if Googooloo and Naga are at fault and 

 cannot find out his whereabouts, I do not believe 

 that there is a man between this and Cape Comorin 

 who can." 



" I readily believe you," answered W . 



" There is not such another shekar-gang in the 

 country, and Googooloo is certain as a bloodhound 

 if he once gets on trail; I have seen him track a 

 bear over rocky ground when I could not observe 

 the mark of a single pug it must be innate 

 instinct." 



" Yes," said Jock, " he is a wonderful fellow. 

 But what astonishes me most is the extraordinary 

 manner in which he watches his master's eye, as if 

 he could there read what was required of him ; and 

 when he speaks I can only understand a word or two 



