V 
THE TIGER 
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I have already described the keen power of scent 
possessed by this wary animal, which necessitates 
extreme caution, and the placing of the guns in 
positions elevated about 10 feet above the ground. 
It is seldom of any use to drive jungles upon 
speculation, although it not unfrequently happens, 
where tigers are plentiful, that when driving for 
deer the grander game unexpectedly appears, and 
presents itself suddenly before the astonished hunter. 
The recognised system of tiger-hunting by driving 
is as follows. We will say that the party of three 
may have arrived at a village, after having received 
intimation that a native cow had been carried off 
within the last few days. The first operation is to 
send natives in all directions to look for tracks, and 
to discover the place where the animal last drank. 
At least two elephants should accompany the 
party, even though the thick jungle country may 
be ill adapted for shooting from these useful 
creatures. One of these should be, if possible, a 
really dependable animal, that would advance 
steadily and quietly up to a wounded tiger. The 
great danger of this branch of sport arrives when a 
tiger may have been wounded, and it has to be 
tracked up on foot, and eventually beaten out of 
the dense thorny cover of its retreat. A staunch 
elephant is then indispensable, and the real excite¬ 
ment commences when the beaters are sent for 
safety up the adjoining trees, and the hunter, 
absolutely certain that the dangerous game, although 
invisible, is close before him, advances calmly to 
