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(the shikaris, as a last chance, to take us back 
to the place .where the panther had been seen 
[going up the hillside. The dead twig overhang¬ 
ing the track on the downward slope of that 
hill stuck in my mind, and I had a suspicion 
that we had overrun the line on the top of the 
! hill. 
Back we toiled to this spot and started afresh; 
again followed the track on to the top of the 
hill and again the shikaris pointed out the track 
going down the far side and said it was useless 
to do any more. I was determined to search 
that hill thoroughly before finally giving up and 
proceeded to do so. We had been examining 
the hill in . different directions for above ten 
minutes, when a younger shikari we had with 
us, called to 11s to come and listen at a hole he 
had discovered. There was a distinct sound of 
an animal breathing inside. The lad then tri¬ 
umphantly held up for inspection half a dozen 
yellow hairs which he had found sticking on a 
sharp point of rock inside the mouth of the 
hole. That the panther was inside there was 
now no doubt, the question was how to get it 
out. B. stood so as to command the hole 
where the hairs had been found, and I went 
round to look for another opening. I soon 
found a place where a huge rock had split from 
top to bottom forming a cleft eight feet deep, 
five feet wide at the top and very narrow at 
the bottom. 
Some native fireworks were dropped in be¬ 
tween the rocks from above which produced a 
movement and growls from inside, but the 
wounded beast declined to bolt. I saw from 
my position that there were several small 
openings between the rocks and a larger one at 
the bottom of the cleft, and thought that if I 
could get a bit lower down, I might be able 
to see into the cave where we heard the panther 
growling. I therefore proceeded to clamber 
down into the cleft below me, and when I had 
got about five feet lower, I saw through a small 
opening a patch of spotted yellow skin about 
six inches square, and not more than three feet 
from me. This was the shoulder of the panther 
and a bullet from the paradox practically settled 
her; I gave her another shot to make sure and 
then climbed up and rejoined B. 
The panther’s body was stuck between two 
rocks and we had considerable difficulty in get¬ 
ting her out. Having removed some of the 
stones from above we attached a native’s pug¬ 
garee round the hind legs and the shikaris and 
myself hauled on this, while B. levered the body 
upward with a pole. Out it came at last like 
a cork out of a bottle and we all went flat on 
our backs. 
We had got her at last and mighty pleased 
we were, after the long hunt which nearly ended 
in failure. She was a fine big beast and heavily 
built for a female; the destroyer of many goats. 
The bullet which hit her the night before had 
entered near the root of the tail and come out 
through the thigh, smashing the bone and mak¬ 
ing a large hole from which she had lost a lot 
of blood. 
We skinned her near the tent and then 
started on our long homeward ride through the 
jungle by moonlight. 
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