

CHAPTER II 



Tying up and sitting up for tiger — The 'gara' or 'kill' — How to tie 

 up — Native shikari tactics — Government rewards for man-eaters — 

 News of a ' kill ' — Beating out the tiger with villagers — Stops — A 

 plucky Kol — Machan-shooting — Fascinating jungle sights — Vul- 

 tures — The pea-fowl's warning — A tiger appears — Despair — Meet 

 a tiger on the prowl — The Bhisti's adventure — Cattle-lifters — A kill 

 — How to prepare the machan — My first tiger — The cattle-lifter — 

 Cattle-hfting extraordinary— Sit up for the robber — Mosquitoes — 

 The tiger appears — A lost opportunity — When the blood is young 

 — Things incredible. 



TYING UP AND SITTING UP FOR TIGER 



PERHAPS the most general of all methods 

 employed in the pursuit of tiger through- 

 out the country is to tie out ' kills ' 

 (gara), consisting of buffaloes or cows, in 

 the forests or jungles known to be occupied by 

 ' stripes,' and wait till a kill shall enable you to 

 get to work. 



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