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" of a Poligar was told oil, and he only got the usual reward for tin 

 " ordinary tiger. People at last got so frightened that they would 

 " only proceed through the pass in question in large gangs, usually 

 " accompanied by droves of pack bullocks, in hopes that a bullock 

 " might pay the penalty instead of one of themselves ; but all was 

 " of no avail ; the tiger on several occasions, rushed through tho 

 " crowd of bullocks and men, seized a driver, and disappeared in 

 " tho jungle, which, reaching the very edge of the roadway, 

 " afforded great facilities to the dreaded animal ; this repeatedly 

 " occurred. The tappal-runners also suffered, though accompanied 

 " by a man with a horn or tom-tom, and at times by armed men. 

 " At last three shikarries resolved to do or die little they antici- 

 " pated the result of their resolution to slay this terror of their 

 " world they determined ; so, providing themselves with food for 

 " three days, they stole up to their posts in the ghaut, to watch for 

 " the dreaded enemy night and day. Nothing was seen of the 

 " tiger during their long vigil, and they felt very confident that at 

 " last he had quitted that part of the country ; at any rate, in this 

 " assurance they were returning down the pass all together, when 

 " suddenly out sprang the tiger and carried away one of the three, 

 " and disappeared with him before the eyes of his companions who 

 " were unable to afford the slightest assistance. This tiger was never 

 " caught ; he was, from all accounts, a very old and wary animal . 

 " That he was aged and weak though some attributed his appear- 

 " ance to the supposed deteriorating influence of human flesh his 

 " last act sufficiently proved : he attacked a tappal-runner, who was 

 " accompanied by a man with one of those long colloroy horns. 

 " The tiger was described as being nearly white ; but, although he 

 " scratched the runner down the back and arms, he appeared unable 

 " to bite him, and the two succeeded in escaping from their 

 " assailant, with only trifling wounds. The man-eater of tho 

 " Arengowl Ghaut was not again seen or heard of from that day. 



" Tigers have been known to prey on their own tribe ; an instance 

 " of a leopard half-eaten by the side of a kill by a tiger having 

 " been observed ; and there were evident traces of a struggle 

 " having taken place. Whether the tiger ate his enemy out of 

 <{ revenge, or found him fresher and more tasty than the body over 



