i88 TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS 



A chicken or bait of some kind is placed with- 

 in the cage, then a couple of bars of the trap are 

 loosened and drawn out. If the animal refuses 

 to enter the cage he is prodded with poles until he 

 does, the bars are then slipped into their place and 

 the animal is secured. There is really no danger 

 or excitement in trapping and caging of tigers, or 

 any animal caught in a trap of that kind. 



In all I stayed with the Tungku nine weeks and 

 the round-up of animals caught by net and pit, in- 

 cluded ninety-two different varieties, not including 

 three tigers, two spotted and one black leopard 

 forty-three cages and sixteen crates. This only 

 includes those specimens in good condition. I do 

 not count the animals that were killed off on ac- 

 count of not being fit to show for zoological 

 purposes. 



It was my good fortune during my stay with the 

 Tungku to witness a bull fight. Under a covered 

 shed on a raised platform the Sultan with his Court 

 and guests sat, while the natives, five and six deep, 

 either sat on the ground or stood forming a circle 

 of about seventy yards in which the bulls fight. 



The bulls belonged to a local breed. They are 

 small in size, but sturdy, well built, very quick in 

 movements, have a small hump on their necks, and 

 short sharp horns. They are trained for fighting 

 from early youth and out in the ring about the 

 age of three, but are at their best at four or five 

 years old. Bulls of as nearly as possible the same 



