TIGERS. 67 



The method of killing tigers with poisoned 

 arrows is so curious and interesting, that, wish- 

 ing to give my reader as clear an idea of it as 

 I possibly can, I have extracted the foregoing 

 account from Captain T. Williamson's book of 

 Oriental Field Sports, which, although detailed in a 

 perspicuous manner, is in many points incorrect. 

 That gentleman's book conveys an exceedingly 

 good general idea of the different kinds of sport- 

 ing, but it cannot be expected that he should be 

 personally acquainted with them all. He must 

 have gained a great part of his knowledge from 

 the information of others, consequently not 

 always to be depended on, which I think has 

 been the case respecting tigers killed by poisoned 

 arrows. 



He observes that the mechanism of their bows 

 is very simple. In this, I cannot agree with him ; 

 to me, it appears a complicated and ingenious 

 apparatus ; the different uses of the number of 

 strings attached to a bow would puzzle any one ; 

 although I have seen them often set, I am certain 

 that I could not set them myself: of course I 

 cannot well describe how it is done, and I am 

 confident that it would require a considerable 

 time for any person to understand its principle 



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