70 TIGERS. 



SAFETY FROM TIGERS. REFLECTIONS ON 

 THE FORMATION OF A TIGER'S FORE LEG 

 AND FOOT. CAPTAIN WILLIAMSON'S RE- 

 MARKS ON THEIR METHOD OF KILLING 

 THEIR PREY, AND MY OBSERVATIONS 

 THEREON, - AN INSTANCE OF THEIR 

 GREAT STRENGTH AND FEROCITY. AN 

 ACCOUNT OF A VIOLENT HAILSTORM. 

 THE FLIGHT OF A DEER TO A REGI- 

 MENT OF SOLDIERS FOR PROTECTION. 

 AN ACCOUNT OF A GENTLEMAN'S HA- 

 VING KILLED 360 TIGERS. 



are caught in nets as I have already 

 described. They are likewise caught in 

 traps, but rarely,, being extremely wary. 

 Shecarries kill them with poisoned arrows: 

 they also shoot them from platforms and pits. 

 The villagers do the same; and they are kil- 

 led by opulent natives from the backs, of ele- 

 phants. 



One kind of trap for catching them is made 

 of wood, and not unlike a common rat trap, 



