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BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



tiger is sometimes born a man-eater and sometimes made one. 

 This theory will account for some districts never being entirely free 

 from man-eaters. 



In all cases it appears the man-eater shows greater cunning than 

 usual. I have no evidence to show that the tiger turns man-eater 

 for any particular reason, and I can offer no theory. There is abun- 

 dant evidence to show that the man-eater is physically not different 

 from the ordinary tiger, that age has nothing to do with the ques- 

 tion, and that the theory about the manginess of his skin is mere 

 fiction. There is evidence to show that districts in which the tiger 

 has plenty of his natural food are just as much infested by man- 

 eaters as in those districts where the natural food is less abundant. 

 I am afraid my paper is of a mere negative character, and I leave it 

 to some other members to evolve some theory for us on the subject. 



Statement showing the number of persons and animals hilled }>y 

 a man-eating tiger during the year 1888, in the territory of 

 Bansda. 



30/7i April 1889. 



Jhaverbhai Nathoobhai, 



Devan of Bansda. 



