THE ONE-EYED MAN-EATER. 69 



famous man-eater was still at large. There could be 

 no mistaking him. He was said to have but one 

 eye, the other having been knocked out by a native 

 when out duck-shooting on the Sulikeray tank (a 

 large artificial lake in this neighbourhood). The 

 man's story was that he was perched in the fork of a 

 large tree on the margin of the lake, waiting for day- 

 light in order to shoot the wild geese which frequent 

 this tank. At daybreak he noticed an enormous 

 tiger go down to the lake to drink. It then came 

 and stretched itself under the very tree on which 

 he was perched. After a time it appeared to go to 

 sleep, with its head between its paws. He had 

 only small shot in his single-barrel fowling-piece, 

 but he thought at this short range he might be 

 able to kill the brute, and the Government reward 

 of thirty-five rupees for a tiger appeared to be 

 within his grasp. He took careful aim at its eye 

 and fired, dropping his gun at the same time in 

 his agitation. With a fearful roar the tiger rushed 

 away, tearing the bark from the trees with his 

 teeth in his savage fury. After the lapse of some 

 considerable time, and when the sun was well up in 

 the heavens, the man got off his perch and made 

 his way as quickly as he could to his village. 

 The next day a careful search was made for the 

 tiger, but nothing was seen of him. A few weeks 

 later a man was carried off from the path between 

 Uhrani and Gangur and partially eaten by the 

 tiger. This happened again, and then it became 

 a common occurrence, not a week passing but a 

 human being was carried off. The brute seemed 



