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and to swim silently, not with the constant short squeaks of the 

 larger kind ; but further evidence except, that I believe there is a 

 distinct species of small hill otter, I cannot give. 



No. 18- Lutra Leptonyx. 



JERDON, No. 102, PAGE 89 ; CLA.WLESS OTTER. 

 In a river or creek as it is called in Burmah, which enters the 

 Sitang river just north of Tounghoo, and within a mile or two of 

 the N. E. angle of the old fort, or city of Tounghoo, used to be a 

 colony of white-throated otters that always to me appeared to be 

 smaller than those I had seen elsewhere, although much larger than 

 the " hill otter," they lived in a series of burrows, under some trees 

 which had partially been washed into the water, and although they 

 might any day be seen by me, and could always be found by my 

 dogs, they were so wary that I have only had one chance of shoot- 

 ing one. This I let slip, as one of my terriers when in pursuit of 

 a cub, was so gallantly charged by the mother, that, in sheer admi- 

 ration of her devotion, I would not fire at her. The cub escaped 

 during the disturbance, and my softness of heart lost me certainly 

 one and probably two very interesting specimens. 



No. 19. Felis Tigris- 



JERDCTCT, No. 104, PAGE 92 ; THE TIGER. 



One of the best sportsmen in Southern India, gave me some 

 interesting accounts of the habits of the tigers that infest the hill 

 ranges there. 



On one occasion he saw five tigers, a herd in fact, sire, dam and 

 three full-grown cubs, walking leisurely from one hill to another ; 

 again, while he was from a hill top, watching some samber, he saw 

 a large tiger stalk, and when near, rush at them more, as he said, 

 in the style of a hunting cheeta than it is generally supposed a 

 tiger does. 



These glorious illustrations of natural history, must have impress- 

 ed themselves for life-time on his memory, and have been sufficient 

 to repay a lover of the open air for much of the exposure to sun 



