Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . r, and I think alsodrew a sigh of relief, as the panther bounded away withoutseeing them. He is allowed a long start, then Colonel Frasergives the signal, and all four riders race after him. Wefollow more slowly on the elephants. Although the panther appeared only to amble aloDg theground, he goes quicker than one would fancy, and it wassome time before the riders overtook him. Alan was firstup, and speared him right through the body, but did nottouch a vital spot; and the panther, crouchi
Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . r, and I think alsodrew a sigh of relief, as the panther bounded away withoutseeing them. He is allowed a long start, then Colonel Frasergives the signal, and all four riders race after him. Wefollow more slowly on the elephants. Although the panther appeared only to amble aloDg theground, he goes quicker than one would fancy, and it wassome time before the riders overtook him. Alan was firstup, and speared him right through the body, but did nottouch a vital spot; and the panther, crouching, gave two orthree tremendous bounds after his horse. Alan was riding aclever little Arab, very omick on its legs, and although for aminute the panther was so close I thought it would touchthe horse, he could not cpuite reach him, and slackening hisspeed subsided into a lolloping canter again. Then ColonelFraser and Yar Singh came up and speared him ; and thepanther, apparently badly hurt, lay down on the groundwith his head raised, glaring all around. The sowar now A PANTHER-SPEARING INCIDENT. 241. *\ % 3 jk ^*§* S*iC- THE PANTHER WITH ONE BOUND SPRANG ON THE HORSES SHOULDER. FEATS OF THE FOALS. 243 had a chance, and rode at him, but too slowly. Before hecould touch him with the spear, the panther with one boundsprang on the horses shoulder, and in a moment rider, horse,and panther, rolled over together. The others of courserode up. Yar Singh was first, but could not get his fright-ened horse near the panther, which, showing its teeth,crouched close to the ground, within a foot of where theman lay. All this took place in a second, during which Alan hadshot ahead, unable to turn cpiickly enough. Directly he did,his plucky little horse galloped straight to the panther,and Alan, driving his spear through the beast as itcrouched for a spring, killed it on the spot. It was allover in an instant, but during that instant matters lookedunpleasant for the sowar. The real danger cons
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