Pelts 



To make sure of getting the tigers of these 

 parts up to the line requires one to possess the 

 craft and guile of the serpent added to that of 

 the tiger himself. 



One must know the jungle like one's own hand. 

 Every rao bed and large nullah, every little ravine 

 running into the hills must be marked down 

 and ' stopped ' if one wants to make sure of 

 putting the tigers up to the guns, and even with 

 all this hardly acquired knowledge one is so often 

 'left' ! 



The acquisition of this necessary jungle lore 

 is one of the most fascinating parts of the whole 

 sport. The knowledge how to practically force a 

 tiger to take a certain line of country so as to face 

 one or other of a line of guns placed in position, 

 be they in a howdah, machan, or on foot, is only 

 attained by a long and careful study of the habits 

 of the lord of the jungles himself, together with 

 those of what may be called accessory animals, 

 and by the possession of an intimate acquaintance 

 with the ground. That this work can be entirely 

 left to the native shikari many of us know to 

 be impossible. Valuable help he can give in 

 making us acquainted with the peculiarities of 

 the local tiger, since each tiger differs in many 

 small ways and habits, just as human beings do, 

 and this knowledge the local men are always 

 able to afford. They can also recognize a 

 particular tiger by his ' pugs ' or tracks, evidences 



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