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moist, around the extremity of the iron of the 

 arrow, at its insertion into the wood, where a 

 hollow is left for the purpose: It is then 

 wound round with a few turns of fine silk to 

 prevent it from cracking, and then exposed to 

 the sun ; by which, in a short time it becomes 

 as hard or harder than the wood. The iron 

 point is very short, made with a small barb, 

 and the arrow is discharged with sufficient 

 force to bury the poison in the animal. 



It is rather a strange circumstance, that the 

 same poisonous substance which they fix to 

 their arrows, is used by the native distillers to 

 lute their stills. I had a young tree of the 

 Boglear, transplanted into my garden, but 

 I quitted that part of the country before the 

 tree had attained a sufficient size to try any 

 experiments with. 



Whenever a bullock is killed by a tiger 

 and the people of the village can find the 

 dead carcase, they erect a Michaun in a tree, 

 or on poles, or dig a pit in the ground near 



