Tigerland Reminiscences of Forty Years Sport And Adventure in Bengal
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200 AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER Having thus posted ourselves, I sent the " shikari " to the beaters, who were collected at the far end of the larger jungle, with instructions to bring the line down as straight towards us as the nature of the ground would allow of. I kept the " shikari's " son a young lad about seventeen with me, hanging on as best he could to my tree, with my second gun. As I stood now the gap or open space before mentioned was almost direct to my front, and the strip of jungle, mo...stly grass, extending from it in a curve and ending about fifty yards on my right ; the banks of the " nullah " at the pass being much lower than elsewhere, the ground from the edge of the jungle to where I was suspended, as it were, sloped considerably, affording me a better view than I would otherwise have had. The beaters had entered the jungle and been at work about ten minutes when I heard a curious purring sound in front of me, and turned round to the " shikari's " boy to ask what it was. But before I had time to put the question, he called out in a terror-stricken voice, " Bagh !
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