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The Roar of the Tiger - by Pks (Paperback)

The Roar of the Tiger - by  Pks (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This is a compilation of hunting tales from the jungles of India from the centuries gone by.</br></br>"...We have no word in English that properly embraces all this, but all are expressed by the Persian word 'shikar!'..."</br></br>"...Sitting on the ground in a thorn "Boma" for a lion in Africa is considered an ordinary enough thing to do; but sitting on the ground for a tiger in dense jungles of the Indian subcontinent can be an entirely different experience. The risk inherent should be obvious to all. Sitting on a machan built on a tree was the more common approach employed by Tiger hunters of yore; but of course, there were exceptions..."</br></br>"...In another moment the old Panther sprang out of the jungle, made a pat at the kid, and then crouched by its side. If there had been more space, I should have waited and watched the Panther's proceedings, but as I was afraid that she would drag the goat into the jungle, I fired at once, and immediately jumped up so as to see above the smoke. The Panther sprang into the air, fell backwards, and then disappeared among the bushes..."</br></br>"...I was standing at the junction of two pathways, and the beat had approached to within a hundred yards, when I heard "Woof! Woof!" I imagined the beaters had started up a big wild boar. The "woofing" was repeated during the next minute, coming closer each time, until finally there was a resounding "Woof" in the tall grass about fifteen yards in front of me. By this time I was standing on tip-toe, trying to peer into the grass ahead of me, when suddenly I realized that what I was staring at behind an ant-heap was the tail-end of a tiger..."</br></br>The stories in this collection are extracted from rare works from the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries.

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