72 TIGERS. 



to be easily discovered from the natural cover. 

 Whenever tigers are caught in these traps, 

 they are driven into others prepared to receive 

 ; in which they are carried off. 



The following description of a Tiger killed 

 by poisoned arrows is taken from Captain 

 Williamson's book of Oriental Field Sports. 

 ec The construction of the apparatus for shoot- 

 fc ing tigers with arrows,, either poisoned or 

 (f not, is extremely simple. There are various 

 ' c modes ; but that in general use is as fol- 

 " lows. The bow is fixed at the middle by 

 f( two stakes,, distant enough to allow the 

 ' c arrow to pass freely without touching, and at 

 ' c about eighteen inches, or two feet from the 

 <c ground, according to the size of the animal 

 ff to be killed. The great nicety is, to fix the 

 " bow so that the arrow may fly quite horizon- 

 ' ' tally ; or, at least as much so as the princi- 

 <e pies of projectiles will admit. The cord 

 <c should be parallel to the road frequented by 

 <e the tiger. The string being drawn back so 

 (f as to bend the bow sufficiently, is kept at its 



