Eyewitness Accounts I Was a Tiger Hunter

‘And, as [the tigress] turned her head back, gazing towards the bearers, I aimed at her neck … and fired.’J. Moray Brown introduces his experiences of shikar, or game hunting, one of the main pastimes for British officials in India during the days of the Raj. This could range from going out to take a pigeon or two for a junior official’s cooking pot to a full ceremonial tiger hunt as organised for...