80 TIGERS. 



Shecarries would consider themselves safe in 

 trees,, nor do I see of what use it would be : On 

 the contrary, it might prevent so wary an ani- 

 mal as a tiger from approaching the line ; nor 

 do I consider it probable that villagers would 

 frequent such places in the night. Whene- 

 ver their bows are laid in the day, or in the 

 night, across public roads, pathways, or any 

 places were people often travel, they lay two 

 other strings, passing them across the road or 

 pathway, communicating with the tongue 

 that lets the arrow fly, as the one already 

 described by Captain Williamson. These 

 strings cross the road or pathway, one on 

 each side of the former, at about six yards 

 distance, and are raised from the ground a- 

 bout four feet and a half, allowing a tiger to 

 pass under them, but a man or any large cat- 

 tle would run against them, and the arrow 

 would be discharged before they arrived with- 

 in its direction. 



The centre line is raised about two feet 

 from the ground and strikes against the tigers 



