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must be a tiger's head» so took a very steady aim. At the 
report up jumped three jungle dogs, and one went away as if 
hit but I could find no blood. I followed in the direction 
,they had gone and saw one of them walking slowly up the 
slope of the hill in front, he stood on seeing me and I bowled 
him over with the left barrel He had got a wound all along 
his back, some days old, seven inches long, which had opened 
out two or three inches wide, it was evidently a gore from a 
mLD DOGS {Cmn rumans\ 
deers antler. On measuring him, I found he was exacdy 4 
feet from nose to tip of tail. The tail exactly i foot ; he 
stood 21 inches at the shoulder; a fine strong wiry looking 
brute, evidently made for speed and endurance, with great 
length of body and very powerful loins. I only took his 
brush which was as thick and bushy as that of an English 
fox, with the tip black ; he was to all appearance a very old 
dog. 
