WHITE TIGER. 
The colour of this animal was a creamy white, with the ordinary tigerine stripes so 
faintly marked that they were only visible in certain lights. It is probable that these 
White Tigers are only albinos, like the white pheasants, peacocks, crows, &c. which are 
so well known, and that they cannot even be ranked as permanent varieties. The 
markings are of that obscure neutral tint which is seen in the “eyes” of the albino 
peacock’s tail, and on the feathers of the albino pheasant. 
Not only is the Tiger skin considered as an article possessing a commercial value, 
but the fat commands an equally high price among the natives, who employ it as an 
infallible specific against rheumatic affections. It is prepared for use in rather a curious, 
and withal, a simple manner. 
Were the fat to be exposed to the action of the atmosphere, it would soon become 
rancid, and then putrid; but by subjection to the native mode of treatment, it clarifies 
itself with no trouble to the preparer. As soon as removed from the animal, the fat is 
cut into long strips of a convenient size to enter the necks of sundry bottles, which are 
cleansed for the purpose. By the aid of a stick, as many as possible of these strips are 
pushed into the bottle, which is then corked, and set in the sunshine for.a whole day. 
The heat of the sun’s rays soon melts the fat, and liquifies it as if it were oil, In 
this state it is permitted to remain until the evening, when it cools down into a firm white 
mass, resembling lard. This prepared fat is as useful to Europeans as to natives, not 
so much to rub on their rheumatic joints, as to lubricate their guns and locks, on which 
may depend the life of the owner. 
Those who have hunted the Tiger in a genuinely sportsmanlike manner, matching 
fairly man against beast, are unanimous in asserting it to be a very cunning animal, 
putting all the powers of the human intellect to the proof. As is the case with the fox,—our 
