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near the railway. It appears there have been previous man-eaters in 

 this neighbourhood, so that this tigress may have been educated in 

 this vice by a wicked ancestor or companion of hers. In the year 

 1883, this particular spur was infested with tigers, and seems to 

 have long been a regular house of call for tigers. In May last 

 Mr. Moule, whilst seated on a machm at night, had a shot at this 

 tigress, but he was unable to sec her properly, and she got off 

 scatheless. It is hoped she will be bagged before long, 



I will next take you to the neighbourhood of Sardardevi, Bansda 

 State, where the Dangs Baroda territory and Bansda territory lie 

 contiguous. Near here a tigress in 1884 and 1885 killed a very 

 large number of people, and in 1888 and 1880, in the same neigh- 

 bourhood, another man-eater sprang up, which became the terror of 

 that district, and killed a large number of people. Mr. Mulock 

 killed the former in May 1885, and I killed that which is supposed 

 to be the latter on 2nd April 1889, so that after an interval of only 

 four years the inhabitants of this district were so unfortunate as to 

 have a second man-eater' spring up to take the place of the first. 

 Mr. Mulock has written a very graphic account of how he killed 

 this tigress and two three-quarter grown cubs with her, which he 

 printed, and a copy is in our library. This district is hilly, well 

 watered, and covered with jungle. There is scarcely any cultivation, 

 but villages inhabited by various jungle tribes arc scattered about 

 here and there. There are plenty of chctul, sambhur, pig, &c, about, 

 and also plenty of cattle grazing in the jungle, so that the man-eater 

 has little excuse for taking to his. evil ways. Mr. Mulock mortally 

 wounded this tigress on the 4th May 1885, and it was only on the 

 loth May that he actually got it. It was wounded in the jaw, and 

 was unable to eat from the 4th to 13th May. Maggots got into the 

 wound, so that when she was killed "she was exceedingly finely 

 drawn from hunger and emaciation. " Mr. Mulock describes her as 

 having a beautifully marked skin. This is apparent from a photo- 

 graph I have of her in my book. There is no appearance of mange 

 in her skin, nor does Mr. Mulock describe her as appearing injured, 

 so as to prevent her from finding her food in a legitimate feline man- 

 ner. Mr. Mulock found the same difficulty as I did in getting exact 

 information of the number of people killed, but the evidence he 

 collected showed that a large number of people were eaten by this 

 tigress, and there can be no doubt, as he says, this was the culprit, as, 

 writing six months afterwards, he states not a single person had 



