. Jungle by-ways in India; leaves from the note-book of a sportsman and a naturalist. Hunting; Natural history. Jungle By-Ways in India wretched man emitted the awful yell we heard, turned, and tottered away—thus placing himself at the mercy of ' stripes.' Luckily the latter was not a man-eater, or the man's fate would have been sealed. We went down with a couple of lanterns to the. Tif« ftjtt, There were the pugs of a large tiger. edge of the stream and found ample verification of the man's statement, for there, clearly dis- cernible in the moonlight, were the pugs of a large tiger, the water
. Jungle by-ways in India; leaves from the note-book of a sportsman and a naturalist. Hunting; Natural history. Jungle By-Ways in India wretched man emitted the awful yell we heard, turned, and tottered away—thus placing himself at the mercy of ' stripes.' Luckily the latter was not a man-eater, or the man's fate would have been sealed. We went down with a couple of lanterns to the. Tif« ftjtt, There were the pugs of a large tiger. edge of the stream and found ample verification of the man's statement, for there, clearly dis- cernible in the moonlight, were the pugs of a large tiger, the water slowly oozing into the two impressions of the fore feet in the sand. Before starting on this second excursion to the stream I took the precaution to exchange my shot gun, loaded with No. 8 cartridges (for that was the weapon I had hurriedly snatched up on leaving the tent!) for a heavy rifle. 25a *. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stebbing, Edward Percy, 1870-1960. London, J. Lane; New York, J. Lane company
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