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formation 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, 1 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 des- 

 cribe how it is done, and I am confident that 

 it would require a considerable time for any 

 person to understand its principle sufficient- , 

 ly to be able to set them without instruction. 



Captain Williamson says that the Shecar- 

 ries remain in trees, or some where near, so as 

 to enable them to see the bow and string, 

 where they can also apprize people going 

 that way, of their danger. This is not often, 

 if ever, the case. The Tigers are generally 



