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AFTER A WOUNDED TIGER. 



A TIGER having killed a cow at noon, within a 

 couple of hundred yards of my bungalow, the 

 occurrence was promptly reported to me. As I 

 was suffering from fever at the time, I did 

 not care to sit up at night over the kill, so 

 I told the village baghmaree (tiger-killer) to set 

 his poisoned arrows. A slight obstruction of 

 branches was made on two sides of the carcase 

 of the cow, the other two sides being left free, 

 so that the tiger might approach to feed. Two 

 bows, each provided with two poisoned arrows, 

 were set to command these paths. On going to 

 the spot next morning we found that the tiger had 

 been there during the night, and had stumbled over 

 the cord attached to the trigger of one of the bows, 

 and that two of the arrows had evidently lodged 

 in its body, as they were not to be found on 

 the spot. Apparently when struck the beast 

 must have sprung forward, and to one side, 

 right on to the other bow, as that had been 

 set off also, the arrows being found a little 

 distance away. The marks of the tiger's pugs 

 and a little hair and blood were strewed about 

 the trap. The natives declared it was sure to 



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