Her last Hunt

Abstract

The paper attempts to give an intimate insight into the habits and ways of life the South Indian Panther - Panthera pardus fusca. The characteristic way in which the panther goes about getting its food, the mischief which it is capable of making near human habitations, etc., have been portrayed, bringing out, in the incidents described, the animal's remarkable intelligence and reasoning power. The whole study has been narrated in the form of a story. Of special interest is the way in which a panther, driven to bay by wild dogs, often behaves.