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Mauled by a Tiger: Encounters in the Indian Jungles

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Mauled by a Tiger: Encounters in the Indian Jungles

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with a foreword by The Right Hon. Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, K.G.'
Publishers brown cloth with green title and vignette to spine.
xi, 279 pages + 5 page publishers catalogue.
8 photographic plates.
The author hunted numerous tigers in Assam both on foot and machansi,
also leopard, wild boar, bear etc. On one occasion trailing a wounded tiger
only to be charged and mauled by the tiger, though he succeeded in killing
the tiger he had extensive injuries causing his arm to be amputated.; 'with a foreword by The Right Hon. Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, K.G.'
Publishers brown cloth with green title and vignette to spine.
xi, 279 pages + 5 page publishers catalogue.
8 photographic plates.
The author hunted numerous tigers in Assam both on foot and machansi,
also leopard, wild boar, bear etc. On one occasion trailing a wounded tiger
only to be charged and mauled by the tiger, though he succeeded in killing
the tiger he had extensive injuries causing his arm to be amputated.. Publisher
The Moray Press
Author
Arthur W. Strachan
Date Published
1935
Binding
Hardback
Condition
Very Good

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