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manner somewhat similar to the method employed for 

 chital, advantage being taken of its bump of curiosity. 



The apparatus employed consists of a buU's-eye lantern, 

 a rug, a bell, and a stout club (lathi). 



Two men go out at night. On arriving at a suitable 

 locality they take up a position in Indian file, bend down 

 and throw the rug over them so as to simulate a horse 

 moving slowly along. The first man has the lighted bull's- 

 eye and the bell, the second the club. The light and the bell 

 excite the curiosity of the hare who approaches to investi- 

 gate and is promptly clubbed to death by the rear man. 



A modification of the above is to carry the Hght and bell, 

 or a jinghng apparatus, on what is known in India as a 

 banghi — a long stout stick carried across the shoulder. The 

 light hangs from one end and the bell or other jingling 

 apparatus is suspended from the other. The man carrying 

 the banghi walks ahead and the second, armed with a thick 

 stick or club and a clap net, behind. The hare, attracted 

 by the Hght and jangling, approaches and sits up to investi- 

 gate. The second man claps the landing net over him, or 

 clubs him, whichever is easiest of accomplishment. 



Nets. — Clap nets are also erected at the corners of fields 

 to catch hares, the net being placed on the run. 



Porcupine 

 Trap-door Cage. — The trap-door cage in common use 

 against panthers is also used to secure porcupines. It is 

 described under panther below. 



Tiger 

 Bow and Arrow. — In Chota Nagpur and the Central 

 Provinces, and perhaps elsewhere, the jungle-men occasion- 

 ally kill tiger with a large powerful bow. The arrow has an 

 iron tip which is dipped in a deadly poison. The bow is 

 fixed horizontally, at the height of a tiger's shoulder when he 

 is walking, at a few yards to the side of a path the animal 

 is known to use. The arrow is placed in the bow, the latter 

 drawn to its full compass, and the whole fixed in an ingenious 

 manner, so that a slight jar will set free the arrow. This jar 

 is given by the tiger unwarily touching a fine fine which 

 is stretched across the path, being attached to the springing 

 apparatus on the bow on the one side and to the base of a 

 tree-stem on the other. The tiger springs the trap and the 



