CHAP. V. 



A DESCRIPTION OF TRAPS FOR CATCHING 



TIGERS. METHOD OF KILLING THEM 



WITH POISONED ARROWS FROM CAPTAIN 

 WILLIAMSON'S BOOK, WITH OBSERVATI- 

 ONS THEREON. SHOOTING THEM FROM 

 PLATFORMS. EXULTATION OF THE NA- 

 TIVES AT THEIR DEATH. AN ANECDOTE 

 OF AN OWL, WHOSE APPEARANCE WAS 

 CONSIDERED OMINOUS OF THE DEATH OF 

 A FAVORITE SERVANT. PROOF AGAINST 

 THE COMMON NOTION OF THE TIGER'S 

 PROVIDER. THE MEETING WITH TIGERS 

 WHEN SHOOTING. WHY TIGERS PREFER 

 FEEDING ON MEN TO ANIMALS. GREAT 

 DESTRUCTION MADE BY A TIGRESS, WITH 

 ANECDOTES. AN INSTANCE OF GREAT 



FEROCITY. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPES 



FROM TIGERS. A FATHER AND SON KIL- 

 LED BY THE SAME ANIMAL. SUPERSTITI- 

 OUS CEREMONY PERFORMED TO ENSURE 

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