54 Lloyd's natural history. 



ter had been eaten. There was not a trace of it left any- 

 where ; and the cub had evidently been killed by the Tiger, for 

 there were the marks of its fangs in the throat. On looking 

 about, my shikari found, behind a rock close by, the half-eaten 

 remains of a Goat, and we afterwards found the tracks of the 

 cub having dragged the Goat up the side of the hill to its 

 hiding-place. The theory is that the cub returned to the hill 

 early in the morning, bringing the Goat with him, and whilst he 

 was eating it, the Tiger put in an appearance, and a row ensued 

 which ended in the death of the cub." 



Whereas, in the Nipal Terai and the Dehra Dun, Tigers are 

 found in gigantic grass-jungles, which can only be entered on 

 Elephants, in Central and Southern India they frequent densely 

 wooded ravines, of which the banks are often high and precipi- 

 tous, where they often repose during the daytime on rocky 

 ledges. In such a situation on the Narbada, a Tiger was seen 

 lying by a friend of the writer, who had peered over the edge 

 of the cliff to ascertain its geological structure; needless to 

 say, he promptly selected another site for the continuation of 

 his researches. Tigers are also very fond of the jungle-clad 

 islands and sand-banks in the larger Indian rivers ; and in 

 the Sandarbans of Lower Bengal may not unfrequently be seen 

 swimming from island to island. Indeed these animals are 

 never averse to entering the water, in which they have been 

 known to swim very long distances. Whatever be the nature 

 of the country they inhabit, Tigers, like the Indian Elephant, 

 are exceedingly averse to expose themselves to the direct 

 rays of the sun during the hot season, always endeavouring to 

 select the most secluded and shady spot for their daily repose ; 

 this trait indicating in the case of both animals that their 

 ancestors were probably inhabitants of a less burning climate 

 than that of the plains of India. Certain localities seem to be 

 permanently inhabited by Tigers ; and when the denizen of 



