Archive image from page 206 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 CHAPTER XIV THE HAVILDAH S STORY The man-eater—The Nepal jungles—The havildah commences his story —The animals of the Nepal jungles—An expedition in the rains- Good hunting—Return to village—The man-eater's victim—The boy's grief and frenzy—Set out to search for the man-eater—Discover traces of victim—The plan of campaign—Ascend the ravine—Reach the cave—The man-eater appears—Face to face—The shot—Death of man-eater—The boy's mad rage. Y 'OU have often aske
Archive image from page 206 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 CHAPTER XIV THE HAVILDAH S STORY The man-eater—The Nepal jungles—The havildah commences his story —The animals of the Nepal jungles—An expedition in the rains- Good hunting—Return to village—The man-eater's victim—The boy's grief and frenzy—Set out to search for the man-eater—Discover traces of victim—The plan of campaign—Ascend the ravine—Reach the cave—The man-eater appears—Face to face—The shot—Death of man-eater—The boy's mad rage. Y 'OU have often asked me, sahib, to tell you the story of how I saw my first tiger,' said the old havildah, one depressing afternoon in the rains. We were all up in the hill station, and it had been raining on end for weeks. I was lounging in the verandah watching the man clean the rifles and guns, the whole battery having been got out to see that the excessive moisture in the atmosphere was not attacking the barrels. ' Speak, havildah, and tell me the story. It was in your own village, and the beast was a monster, was it not ? ' ' Yes, sahib, a very bad man-eater, and I who speak to you suffered heavily from the shaitan. But I dipped my hands in his heart's blood afterwards, and tore out the heart of the evil one, that I did.' And the old man's eyes gleamed vindictively as he spoke. And then his face grew sad as reminiscences of the past crowded on his memory. 169
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