CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VI 



PAoa 

 Besume the attack — A bait taken — The tigress charges — A difficult shot 

 — Hit — Wounded mortally, yet attacks a beater — I go to tho rescue 

 — A fortunate escape — Tigers not incapable of climbing trees — The 

 wounded man recovers — Wounds from tiger's teeth and claws — The 

 character of tigers described — Man-eaters — Causes that produce 

 them — FalIcu:ios regarding man-eaters — News of another tiger — 

 Posted on foot — Killed with a single bullet — Tenacity of life— 

 Fortunately rare — A dangerous sport — A tigress with cubs — One 

 bagged — An unexpected attack — Fire both barrels into hor face — 

 The tigress gets home — I am knocked over — A period of un- 

 consciousness — Badly clawed and bitten — Saved by Bapu's pluck 

 — Bandaging the wound — Carried into camp — Treatment and 

 eventual recovery — The dangers of a light rifle — Heavy casualty list 

 in Khandeeh — Another instiuice of light rifle inefficiency — Monkeys 

 give the alarm — Sudden appearance of the tiger — An unfortunate 

 slip— Reserving my fire — A terrified dog-boy — Tiger sits up dog- 

 fasnion — A perilous situation — The tiger fortunately retires— Send 

 for heavy nfle — Tracking up the tiger — Success at last — A fine 

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CHAPTER VII 



A rare chance — A bull bison and a tiger — Hopes of a record — " Bight 

 and left " — Beating on spec — The bull bison viewed — Changing my 

 rifle^About to puU the trigger — The tiger appears on the scene— 

 An unparalleled situation — A chance of making history — Another 

 change of rifles — Fatal hesitation — The tiger alarmed — Making off 

 at a gallop — A difficult shot — The record unachieved — The tt^esa 

 shot — The light rifle scores for once — Another tiger killed — 

 Evidence in favour of the heavier weapon — Experience gained as 

 Tigor Slayer — Some remarks on tigers — Varieties of the species — 

 Hot and cold weather ooAta — Colour a sign of ago — Moaoiilur 

 development — " Lucky bones " — Cattle-killing and hill tigers — Dif- 

 ference in weight and sise^Length of tigers — Methods of measur*- 

 ment — Age difficult to determine — How a tiger kills its prey — 

 Manner of eating — Not neoessarily nocturnal in its habiu— An 

 example — The tiger's attack — Wounds generally fatal — Time of 

 bresding — Number of oubs {nrodocad — Derooring their yoong-- 

 Fssding the cube — Cube as pets — nger fak and rhernnatism — ^lOlk 

 of tigress as medicine — Aaventnns of a sampla— Lagwids and 

 superstitions — A curiosity in tigws — Deolarad a IMW spaoiss Ths 

 mystery solved — Disillusion 44 



CHAPTER VIII 



Tigsr Slaysr and PoUoimaii— ▲ OMfol eomblnatioa — ^Traeking a daooik 

 Isadsr — A trooUasoaM faag — ^Bhidfaig Ika poUca— In ponott — ^My 

 early morning visitar — A noda, wild flgora— An nnczpaeiad asaatlng 

 — A conditional somndar angMtsd — Offar of a drink — BampHng 

 iba teandy— Amatad In kha aet— Camp Ufa in Indi>--l>M >k i 



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