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on foot and moving about where he does not think 
the animal can possibly be, he is seized. 
Tiger shooting on foot can never, of course, be 
safe sport; risks must be run, but if properly con- 
ducted, dangerous game shooting on foot is not the 
mad amusement usually supposed. 
It makes all the difference in the world whether. 
the animal to be attacked is wounded or not, and 
whether any tiger should be attacked on foot or 
left alone depends greatly on the nature of the 
jungle in which he is found. 
In the grass plains and thick undergrowth in 
parts of the Malay Peninsula I have seen tigers that 
could only be shot at from the elevation of an ele- 
phant’s back. None but the utterly ignorant would 
think of following a wounded tiger in the long 
grass or close cover where it has every advantage, 
and the hunter may be seized before he has time 
to use his rifle. In such cover the tiger rarely. 
makes any demonstration, seeking only to avoid 
observation, but when almost stumbled upon he 
attacks like lightning. 
Under no temptation should a hunter’s last shot 
be fired at a retreating beast. 
The really best time for tiger hunting in the 
Malay Peninsula is in the height of the hot season, 
July and August, when the water supply is at its 
lowest ebb. The tigers being very impatient of 
thirst, seek the lowest valley where much of the 
