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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. Insuch 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 
