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| Mosse, A.H. | |
| Some panther notes | |
| 1904 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (15): 516-517 | |
The following notes on two or three recent experiences may be of interest. Looking over Vol. XIV of the Journal, Mr. Bright's account of the strange behaviour of a panther reminded me of an incident which occurred last June. I was sitting up over a goat one night in the Danta State, hoping that the panther whom I expected would not turn up before the rising of the moon. He appeared and killed when the moon was just above the horizon, but obscured by a cloud: I could just see the goat, which was black and white, but could not make out the form of the murderer at all, so determined to wait for a little more light upon the scene. Unfortunately the panther did not seem disposed to humour me, and almost immediately began to try and drag the goat away. The latter not being very securely tied, I did not see the force of this proceeding and fired. The shot was followed by a dead silence for the space of a minute or so, and I had begun to think that the panther must have been killed dead, when to my astonishment the goat began to move, and the offending cloud having just got out of the way of the moon's rays, I could dimly distinguish the outline of the panther dragging at the goat again. My first shot had been a clean miss, and had not disturbed the beast's equanimity sufficiently to make him withdraw a single step! |
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