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sun as he sharply cantered off. He gave me a 

 good shot as he cantered away, but I hoped that 

 he might return, and did not fire. He then took 

 up his position behind a bush in the forest about 

 80 yards from the machan, and began once 

 more to reconnoitre. It appeared to me, on reflec- 

 tion, that he must discover me this time ; and, as 

 I could partly see his outline behind the bush, I 

 took the chance and fired, but missed him. It 

 was bad luck. I ought to have waited for a few 

 seconds longer ; but, if he had not raised his 

 head at the wrong moment, I should certainly 

 have shot him. The incident showed me that, 

 if it is difficult for you to see an animal which is 

 standing motionless, it is also very difficult for 

 an animal to see you under the same conditions, 

 and I profited much by the experience. 



I then took part in a tiger-shoot with elephants 

 in the Terai on the border of the Bahraich district 

 of Oudh, in April 1900, and my companions 

 were Mr. Harrison, the Collector of the district, 

 and Mr. A. Wood, the Manager of the Kapurthala 

 Estates in Oudh. I had the elephant Chainchal 

 on this occasion, and did pretty well. It was, 

 I think, estabhshed that I put the first bullet 

 into a tigress, which was subsequently killed by 

 Harrison; but I made no claim for the skin, as the 

 tigress was unquestionably knocked over and 

 killed by him. 



We then had a beat for a tiger which was fired 

 at by both Harrison and myself, and badly ^ 

 wounded, and was eventually finished off by " 

 Wood. Both Harrison and myself were using 

 black powder -500 Express rifles, but fortunately j 



