Archive image from page 170 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 JUNGLES OF BENGAL DUARS AND ASSAM 137 stand out dim and grey from the surrounding twilight, and with the wonderful abruptness of the East the dawn arrived. Cautiously and left the zareba and walked up to the dead sambhar. It lay on its side, head and neck out- stretched and throat torn open and, as we soon discovered, with a bullet through the heart. So my shot had missed the tiger or, at any rate, had killed the sambhar, if it was not already de
Archive image from page 170 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 JUNGLES OF BENGAL DUARS AND ASSAM 137 stand out dim and grey from the surrounding twilight, and with the wonderful abruptness of the East the dawn arrived. Cautiously and left the zareba and walked up to the dead sambhar. It lay on its side, head and neck out- stretched and throat torn open and, as we soon discovered, with a bullet through the heart. So my shot had missed the tiger or, at any rate, had killed the sambhar, if it was not already dead at the time I fired, which appearances seemed to indicate. We made a short survey of the neigh- bouring grass for blood, but found none, and then I deemed it to be more prudent to get back to camp and fetch the elephant. I spent the morning searching for that tiger, but found no traces of blood. It appeared evident that, as ill-luck would have it, the bullet aimed at the strugghng mass on the ground hit the dying or dead victim and missed the marauder, which is exactly the kind of mischance which so often happens in sport, and probably accounts for half its elusive attraction and charm. The incident proved, however, a most cheerful and exciting piece of news to give to the guests of the Christmas party on their arrival, and I feel sure that each man retired to roost on the first night with the conviction that he would meet a tiger during his first day's sport in such a delectable region. \ 1-'
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