out for a tiger with a goat for built. He finally saw the tiger on a cleared side hill sitting down eating some moitlness (illegible) resembling a mass of red dried foliage. Soon the tiger who had not seen A. & [illegible] heard the goat bleat & runnit, Drstantly the tiger flattened itself out & disappeared on the other side hill a feat which seems quite miraculous & which is due to the wonder- ful stalking ability of cats. The tiger came on near a patch of brush & grass to the goat & C. & later approached the goat from the opposite side a few yards closer was to be in sight of the tiger when he arrived, As he came close C. shot him in the chest & killed him. On another occasion C. met a bunch of 3 or 4 tigers & shot wounded one of them but lost it finally & the others all fled. He had one experience shooting