"... it is not fair that for these acts a whole species should be branded as being cruel and bloodthirsty." (Author's Note, xviii)

"Come quickly, sahib, the man-eater has just killed a girl." (Chapter 1, 18)

"There it is on the rock! Pull it down and let us hack it to bits!" (Chapter 1, 27)

"It is never safe to assume that a leopard is dead until it has been skinned." (Chapter 2, 43)

"I have told you the story, and while I have been telling it Robin—the biggest-hearted and the most faithful friend man ever had—has gone to the Happy Hunting Grounds, where I know I shall find him waiting for me." (Chapter 2, 44)

"Over this area the Chowgarh tiger had established a reign of terror." (Chapter 3, 45)

"Even before looking at the pads of her feet I knew it was the Chowgarh tigress I had sent to the Happy Hunting Grounds...