CHAPTER VIII. 

 TIGERS, LEOPARDS, &c. 



TIGERS— DIFFICULTY OF SEEING THEM— AMALGAMATION OF COLOUR WITH SUR- 

 ROUNDING OBJECTS— TIGER WITH JACKAL— TIGERS AND WILD DOGS— THEIR 

 FEAR OF DOGS— POWER OF TIGER'S JAWS AND LIMBS— THEIR NOISELESS 

 MOVEMENTS— MAN EATERS — TIGER'S DREAD OF MAN— THE MODE OF STRIK- 

 ING ITS PREY — RAPIDITY OF STROKE — SHOOTING TIGERS ON FOOT — 

 DANGERS OF THE SPORT — SIR JAMES OUTRAM — HIS WONDERFUL ESCAPE — 

 TIGERS AND SAMBUR — TIGERS AND PUTRID FLESH — POWER OF SCENT — SIR 

 SAMUEL BAKER'S OPINION — H.R.H. DISCOVERS HIS MISTAKE— THE CHEEKY 

 RASCAL— SIZE OF TIGERS— MY FIRST TIGER — EXCITING CHASE AFTER A TIGER 

 — THE VULTURES WILL BRING HIM OUT— RATHER A SURPRISE— EXCITING 

 RENCONTRE WITH THREE TIGERS— TIGER AND WILD BOAR — A FIERCE FIGHT 

 — TIGER STARED OUT OF COUNTENANCE— LOOK OUT ! HE'S COMING— WHAT 

 I SAW ON JAN. 31, 1868 — TIGER AND HINDS— MY LAST TIGER — TIGER STORIES 

 — SHOOTING TIGERS FROM AN ELEPHANT- COLONEL GEOFFREY NIGHTIN- 

 GALE'S LETTER — THE LEOPARD — THE BLACK LEOPARD — HIS DEATH— THE 

 JUNGLE CAT— LOSS OF MY DOG SNOB— THE HARES ARE WITCHES— CLARK'S 

 THEORY — LEOPARDS ON THE TREES— MY LAST LEOPARD. 



hilst residing on the Nielgherries, the Pulnies, and 

 the Annamullies, I had many opportunities of 

 observing the habits of some of the larger animals, 

 which are very little known either to the sportsman or to the 

 naturalist. As regards tigers, I have come across them both 

 when after their prey or when resting in their lairs, and have 

 watched them for an hour or two at a time when, owing to 

 some cause, I have been unable to stalk or get near them. 

 I always carried a very powerful telescope with which I 

 could see almost every hair on their bodies and every ex- 



