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was carried off. A few months afterwards, a Karen was 

 killed by a tiger in a village twenty miles distant; and 

 when the villagers subsequently succeeded in killing 

 the animal, it was found to have been wounded as des- 

 cribed by the Burmans. A Karen was killed by a tiger 

 near a village a dozen miles east of Tavoy, supposed to be 

 the same beast that had devoured a man ten miles distant 

 a short time previous. This Karen was carried off after 

 breakfast in the morning while going out alone to his 

 work in the field ; and in less then a week from that time 

 a Burman was struck down by a tiger in the middle of the 

 day, not six miles distant, and when there were eight 

 other men in company. 



A Karen who was killed by a tiger near the forks of 

 the Tenasserim, was walking with three others in com- 

 pany a couple of hours before sunset, and had a gun on 

 his shoulder. The Karens that lived nearest immediately 

 set traps in the paths that led to their villages, and the 

 animal was soon caught near one of their houses. 



On one occasion 1 reached a lone Karen cabin at dusk, 

 and was surprised to find it barricaded all around to pre- 

 vent access. On inquiry I found that two men had been 

 devoured by a tiger the day before in the neighborhood 

 close by. It appeared that one man had been carried off, 

 and five others then armed themselves and went in pursuit. 

 After half a day's starch, and while on the track, the 

 beast came out boldly on the plain and succeeded in 

 carrying off one of the armed Karens that had engaged 

 in the pursuit. 



A few years ago a little. body of Karens removed from 

 Yay, and settled on the upper part of Tavoy river ; but af- 

 ter loosing four or five men in as many different years by 

 the tigers, they have been compelled to descend into the 

 more populous pari of the valley. 



These few facts, which might easily be multiplied, have 

 been mentioned, because the opinion has gone^ abroad 

 that Tenasserim tigers are not dangerous. Dr. Heifer 

 wrote : "They are of quite a different nature from those in 

 Bengal, and probably more afraid of men, than men of 

 them. Accidents very seldom happen to natives, who 



