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rivers. It is not many years since one got on board 

 a Soonderbund steamer, when lying at anchor, and 

 for a time took possession of the deck, and was at 

 last shot by the captain. They frequently cross the 

 Ganges, and I have traced them by their footprints 

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TIGEE S FOEE-I'OOTPRINT. 



to the water's edge on one bank and taken up the 

 track again on the other side. {See Fig.) Though a 

 tiger seldom does so, he can spring to a considerable 

 height if he likes. A friend, one of the most expe- 

 rienced tiger shots in India, relates an instance 

 where a tigress having been fired at from a tree, or 

 some other concealed place, sprang into a maehdn in 

 a field, at least ten or twelve feet from the ground, 

 thinking the shot came from there, and by her 

 weight and the force of her spring brought it all to 

 the ground; it was empty, the shot had not come 

 thence. 



A machdn is a platform erected on a frame, or in 



