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would make them break cover, I sent for elephants 

 and killed them still full of vigor on the tenth day. 

 The circle in which they were enclosed was about 

 seventy yards in diameter, and the heat of the fires 

 kept up night and day was considerable, yet they 

 existed without a drop of water for ten days, suffer- 

 ing from wounds half the time. A tiger can go 

 much longer than this without serious inconveni- 

 ence. One of the most powerful elements in the 

 tiger's attack is his voice. If the attack be com- 

 menced very near, the startling, coughing roar is 

 almost paralyzing to the coolest, but if the tiger has 

 to come on from any distance, he rarely does more 

 than grunt, and the hunter's attention is concen- 

 trated on the beast itself, so the demonstration 

 passes unnoticed. 



The power of the tiger's voice at close quarters 

 may be understood by anyone who has had an 

 opportunity of seeing a newly caged tiger; it is 

 almost impossible to watch the charge against the 

 bars without flinching, if standing within a yard or 

 so of them, but if seen at twenty yards distance it 

 is nothing. 



The tigress does not breed oftener than once in 

 two years. They do not breed at any fixed season. 

 Cubs have been taken in March, May and October. 



A tigress feeds her cubs when very young with 

 half-digested flesh which she disgorges on her 

 return from hunting or kill. Carrying meat to any 

 distance would be an unnatural proceeding, and the 



