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they do take to man-eating are very troublesome 

 and dangerous. 



On the next occasion on which I visited the 

 Terai the party consisted of Major Lumsden, 

 Mrs. Lumsden, and myself; and Mrs. Lumsden, 

 who was a very good shot, killed a tiger in fine 

 style. The tiger had killed in a sandy nullah, 

 and lain up with the kill in a small patch of thick 

 cover under the high bank of the nullah. We 

 were all posted in the forest facing the high 

 bank in question, Lumsden on the right, Mrs. 

 Lumsden, who was on Chainchal, in the centre, 

 and I on the left. We took up our positions 

 just in time, as the tiger, scenting trouble, tried 

 to slink away before the beat commenced. He 

 came towards Mrs. Lumsden, who hit him with 

 her first shot with the Rigby-Mauser she was 

 using, but missed him with the second, as he 

 turned and dashed back into the beat. He 

 soon appeared again on the same line, and Mrs. 

 Lumsden fired, hitting him in the mouth. The 

 bullet, however, merely broke one of the canine 

 teeth, and was diverted. A shot in the head is 

 often a very unsatisfactory one. The tiger then 

 tried to slink out on the right, and Lumsden had 

 two shots at him, hitting him with one and 

 turning him back into the beat, but missing him 

 with the other. He then broke out at a gallop 

 between Major and Mrs. Lumsden ; and the latter, 

 with a well-placed shot, rolled him over. I was 

 on lower ground, and, although I was not more 

 than 100 yards distant from Mrs. Lumsden, 

 I could not see what was going on. 



The tiger had rather a small head, and was 



