Jungle By-Ways in India 



machans had seen the beast, though one of them 

 had heard him cruising round in the jungle. The 

 shots must have come from the despised fifth 

 machan then — the one occupied by the native. 

 This proved to be the case. The tiger must have 

 gone to the outlying kill when he left ours, and 

 had already commenced to feed before the native 

 fired, and missed him clean with both barrels. 



On reaching the village, a whisky and soda and 

 a biscuit all round, and we galloped across country 

 home, going at a pace which only the reckless- 

 ness of youth and hot blood permits with safety. 

 Two of us sat up the next day over the two most 

 likely kills, but we saw nothing of the tiger, and 

 he never again visited either of the five. 



THINGS INCREDIBLE 



I had the following tiger yam from the lips of 

 an old schoolfellow of mine, and it is really too 

 good to be lost. 



It relates to a second schoolfellow, the three of 

 us having been contemporaries, and all in the 

 Services in India. 



The man in question, or youth as he was then, 

 had arrived in Bombay in November to join the 

 Civil Service. He was posted to an up-country 

 station, and went out with a party a few weeks 

 later for the usual Christmas shoot. 



He being the newly joined youngster and 

 griffin of the party, was naturally not looked upon 



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