AUTHOR'S NOTE 



This work, to which I have given the title of " Tiger Slayer 



^y Order," as being obviously the most suitable, has been 



ompiled entirely from notes and stories, furnished by Mr. 



' y Davies, late a Deputy-Inspect or-General of the 



ill Police, and contains his own experiences as a Police 



Othcer, and Bhil Agent — coupled with the unique oflBce of 



Tiger Slayer to the Government of Bombay. 



Mr. Digby Davies served for over thirty years in that 

 Presidency, and during this long period had many and 

 exceptional opportunities of indulging his great taste for 

 sport, especially when carrying out his duties as " Tiger 

 Slayer." I have, at his request, endeavoured, with the 

 iid of his notes, to construct a tale — or rather, autobio- 

 graphical narration of his adventures and experiences, 

 and in order to do this have necessarily bo^n "'>lirred to 

 make use of the first person throughout. 



To relate another's story is, naturally, more diflicult 

 than to tell one's own ; but in this case Mr. Davies' accounts 

 of his adventures are so full, and his descriptions of the 

 appearance and habits of the various animals he 

 encountered given in such detail, that my task has been 

 comparatively easy, and a very pleasant one. 



In my last book — " Tigerland " — written also in these 

 lines, I was, for reasons given, in the Preface to that work, 

 unfortunately unable to divulge the name of the individual 

 whose experiences I was narrating. Thus, in spite of my 

 tion, I was undeservedly credited with having 

 " . ! u-ed the adventures myself. 



In the present instance, however, being under no such 

 restriction, I am glad to be in a position to acknowledge 



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