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hance to resorting to these contrivances on the part of the 
sportsman. Poisoning the kill had to be very carefully carried 
_ out, for Khasias eat both the Tiger and remains of his prey.” 
Regarding its behaviour in captivity, Jardine, in the original 
issue of this volume of the “ Naturalist’s Library,” writes that | 
“the Tiger is readily tamed when taken young, but its temper 
may be said to be scarcely so much depended upon as that of 
the Lion. Keepers enter the cage and caress them, but they 
never venture upon those annoying liberties which are generally 
so freely taken with the Lion; and strangers, I believe, have 
never attempted to venture within their reach, It may also 
be remarked, that there is only one instance upon record 
where the Tiger allowed a Dog to become an inmate of his den, 
With the Lion it is frequent, and great affection is displayed. 
On the contrary, however, the inhabitants of India appear to 
_ have great power in the management of the Tiger, and it is 
more frequently seen tame in that country than any of the 
other /eide. The tame Tigers of the fakirs exhibit great 
gentleness and confidence, which may in part be attributed to 
_ the ample way in which they are fed.” 
Although many adventurous Indian sportsmen track Tigers to 
their “kill” or their lair on foot, while others have the patience 
to endure a long night’s watch over a kill or tethered Cow, 
perched on a machan, or stage, built in some convenient tree, 
_ Tiger-shooting is more generally pursued on Elephants, which 
method, indeed, in the long grass-jungles is the only practic- 
able one. There are, of course, many modern accounts of 
Tiger-shooting in this manner ; but we content ourselves with 
“quoting one given in the early part of the century by Captain 
-Mundy—at that time a well-known Indian sportsman. 
After stating the preliminary preparations for the hunt, and 
the start, the narrator writes that “on clearing the wood, we 
entered an open space of marshy grass not three feet high; a 
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