. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. HAPPY DAYS AS AN ASSISTANT 21 fectly ideal for tiger and was, in fact, a well-known tiger " walk," if I may so express it. The first time I sat up was over a freshly killed young sambhar. It was very eaily in the morning and our approach had evidently disturbed the tiger at his meal. The struggle and death of the deer could not have taken place more than half an hour before. I had a machan made there and then and sat up. The tiger was close by all the time. Of that I felt certain, but he was suspicious. Once I
. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. HAPPY DAYS AS AN ASSISTANT 21 fectly ideal for tiger and was, in fact, a well-known tiger " walk," if I may so express it. The first time I sat up was over a freshly killed young sambhar. It was very eaily in the morning and our approach had evidently disturbed the tiger at his meal. The struggle and death of the deer could not have taken place more than half an hour before. I had a machan made there and then and sat up. The tiger was close by all the time. Of that I felt certain, but he was suspicious. Once I feel sure that he came out behind me. I dared not move as the hastily constructed machan was of the flimsiest, and I feared to make a sound. With bated breath I waited to see him appear below, but he never came and I had to give it up in the end. On three other occasions I sat up in that machan, more sohdly constructed now, each time over a " kill " which had been tied out. In one in- stance the tiger came out all right and had a good meal just below me. My luck was dead/jf/M'U /. 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, John Lane; New York, John Lane company
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