King Edward VIIas a sportsman . ; but the tiger came out and ate the wise man,after which the villagers migrated. For, they said, now that the tiger has eaten our Sage, he will knowall our secrets, and we shall have no chance of evadinghim. There is no royal road to success in tigershooting, and the first day was a blank. It wasbelieved that a tiger was hiding in a patch of deepgrass and leaves, and elephants were sent in to prior to this His Royal Highness had beenadvised to move to another place a little distanceaway, and soon after his departure a splendid tigerrushed out within t
King Edward VIIas a sportsman . ; but the tiger came out and ate the wise man,after which the villagers migrated. For, they said, now that the tiger has eaten our Sage, he will knowall our secrets, and we shall have no chance of evadinghim. There is no royal road to success in tigershooting, and the first day was a blank. It wasbelieved that a tiger was hiding in a patch of deepgrass and leaves, and elephants were sent in to prior to this His Royal Highness had beenadvised to move to another place a little distanceaway, and soon after his departure a splendid tigerrushed out within twenty yards of where the Princehad been only a few minutes before. He was stillsufficiently near to see the beast, indeed, and fired,but was unable to obtain a clear view of it, thegrass being so high, and the animal escaped. Aleopard was, however, put up and shot, and the bagincluded many head of deer and small game. 35^ ^ X S x < hi) oU S -S S ^ -B o s s: g o p !- ^ o o S3 a! m H CC ?<l w V •<i- o ?i^ CQ U J re. sport Abroad: The Indian Tour On the iith the party visited Peepul Perao,thirteen miles to the eastward of the camp, awonderful district for jungle life. Sir Williamspeaks of duck, teal, kingfishers, reed warblers,painted and common snipe, rails, dappers, butcherbirds, partridge, and quail ; parrots, many sorts ofthrush or grackles, woodpeckers, fly-catchers, owls ;jungle cock in the thick stuff, black partridge onthe outskirts, and porcupines rattling over the drywatercourses ; hares near the cultivated patches ; bythe edges of the woods little burrowing creatures likemarmosets. Above all career eagles, falcons, hawks,buzzards, and kites. But these were left unmolested,the quarry being tiger, and the sound of shooting, hadguns been fired at insignificant game, would probablyhave driven away any of these beasts that might bein the immediate neighbourhood. The camp musthave resembled a species of town. It contained 2500persons, exclusive of General Ramsays s
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