Jungle By-Ways in India 



got into it before we had any intimation of the 

 tiger's whereabouts. 



A sudden rush, and he charged through the 

 grass to within 20 yards of the girl in the howdah, 

 and was met by a shot, followed rapidly by a 

 second, and he turned and slunk back. Now 

 would come my time, I thought, for it seemed very 



The tiger charged through the grass. 



improbable that such a cur would face the open 

 country in which the leading howdah had taken 

 up his post. The next few minutes were nearly as 

 exciting as any I have lived through, as with 

 finger on ^trigger I faced the wall of grass not 10 

 yards away, and expected each second to see a 

 yellow shadow flash out of the jungle towards my 

 elephant. 



Very, very slowly the line came on, halting 

 almost at every stride to make sure of not 



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