110 TIGERS. 



Chittrah and died the same day ; the son was 

 never heard of afterwards. In this instance 

 I think the tiger must have been ravenously 

 hungry, or he would not have roared when 

 near his prey; it is what they seldom or ever 

 do, except in the very act of seizing. 



Whenever a tiger has carried off a man 

 near a public road or path-way, a stick is 

 erected with a piece of coloured cloth at the 

 top of it, as a warning to travellers ; and every 

 person passing that way throws a stone near 

 it, by which in a short time a large heap is ac- 

 cumulated. Such heaps are to be met with 

 throughout the Ramghur district, and iu 

 great abundance in the Ghauts, and at other 

 dangerous places near their accustomed 

 haunts. 



At the time when the tigers infest any par- 

 ticular road or pass, SiBuoyeah * erects a tem- 



Buoyeahs are a low cast of Hindoos^ inhabitants of 



