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hours before," I replied, as I finished reloading. We 

 then descended from our place of concealment, and 

 were examining the dead tiger, when Naga, whom I 

 had sent to the hut to call up some of the people to 

 help to carry away the carcass, came rushing back 

 with fear depicted on his countenance, exclaiming 

 that he had seen another tiger. 



Beckoning Chineah and Googooloo to follow with 

 spare guns, we both rushed down the pathway that 

 the people had cut through the bush, as a short way 

 to the hut, in which Naga said he had come face to 

 face with the tiger, and sure enough there were the 

 pugs close to the prints of Naga's toes. The tiger 

 must have been as much astonished at the rencontre 

 as the man, for he had evidently turned back, as we 

 could tell by the trail. 



Whilst we were examining the pugs, in order to 

 note which direction he had taken, my attention was 

 attracted by a low whimper, followed by a yawn, 

 which appeared to proceed from the bed of the water- 

 course, and after some little trouble we forced our 

 way through the thick underwood to the bank, from 

 whence we saw a tigress cooly picking her way among 

 the stones, in the bed of the " nullah " (watercourse). 

 We put up our rifles and both fired at the same 

 moment ; uttering a deep angry growl, she fell for- 

 ward, evidently hard hit, although the distance was 

 nearly two hundred yards, and the light none of the 



