CHAP. V. 



A DESCRIPTION OF TRAPS FOR CATCHING TIGERS. 

 METHOD OF KILLING THEM WITH POISONED AR- 

 ROWS, FROM CAPTAIN WILLIAMSON'S BOOK, WITH 



OBSERVATIONS THEREON. SHOOTING THEM FROM 



PLATFORMS. EXULTATION OF THE NATIVES AT 



THEIR DEATH. AN ANECDOTE OF AN OWL, 



WHOSE APPEARANCE WAS CONSIDERED OMINOUS 



OF THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE SERVANT. 



PROOF AGAINST THE COMMON NOTION OF THE 

 TIGER'S PROVIDER. THE MEETING WITH TI- 

 GERS WHEN SHOOTING. WHY TIGERS PREFER 

 FEEDING ON MEN TO ANIMALS. GREAT DE- 

 STRUCTION MADE BY A TIGRESS, WITH ANEC- 

 DOTES. AN INSTANCE OF GREAT FEROCITY. 



EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPES FROM TIGERS. A 

 FATHER AND SON KILLED BY THE SAME ANI- 

 MAL. SUPERSTITIOUS CEREMONY PERFORMED TO 



ENSURE SAFETY FROM TIGERS. REFLECTIONS 



ON THE FORMATION OF A TIGER' S FORE LEG 

 AND FOOT. CAPTAIN WILLIAMSON'S REMARKS 



