140 The Hunting Grounds 



but I never met with such a determined enemy to 

 mankind, for he was supposed to have carried off 

 more than a hundred individuals. He fully exem- 

 plified an old Indian saying, " That when a tiger has 

 once tasted human blood he will never follow other 

 game, men proving an easier prey." On the spot 

 where the tiger was killed a large mausoleum now 

 stands, caused by the passers-by each throwing a 

 stone until a large heap is formed. Since that day 

 many a traveller who has passed that way has been 

 entertained by the old pensioned sepoy who is in 

 charge of the public bungalow, with a long account of 

 the death of the celebrated Admee Khanna-wallah 

 (Man-eater), and old friends have told me that many 

 anxious and kind inquiries have been made as to the 

 health and welfare of the black-bearded cavalry 

 officer who slew him. 



