CHAPTRR VI. 

 THE TIGER (Fdi* %m). 



Classification of Taming cubs Rani Becomes dangerous 

 Tiger at Poppinapett Gara at Nowsanpully Sit up all 

 night A ghastly vigil How the tiger feeds Man-eaters 

 different Tigers in Annamullay Scarcity of man-eat < -r> 

 Cause of The Poppinapett tigress Destruction of 

 human life by Unsuccessful beats Pochapooram Eluded 

 by man-eater Her end Preliminaries of shooting trip 

 Shamantapoor Tying-up baits The soup-plate wallah 

 Poulton's adventure Servant bitten by snake Close shave 

 with cobra Shoot bears Kowlass Rajah's visit Sambnr 

 Bear's meat Lingumpulli man-eater Tigress and cubs 

 Man-eater kills buffalo Kola Baloo Close quarters with 

 man-eater Beernecks Tiger's fat Posting of guns 

 Firing during beat. 



MAN-EATERS being merely ordinary tigers that from 

 force of circumstances, or inclination, have developed a 

 taste for human flesh, should not be regarded as distinct 

 from the rest of their species. Adopting, therefore, the 

 usual classification, tigers may be divided into game-killers 

 and cattle-lifters the former are light active brutes, in 

 good condition, and as hard as nails, and are usually to be 

 found in wooded country, where game is plentiful on 

 which they subsist; the latter is of a heavier type in e\vi\ 

 way, frequenting more thickly inhabited districts, where 

 he levies toll on the villagers' flocks and herds and when 

 these are driven away to fresh pastures, he accompanies 

 them on their travels, keeping touch of them the whole 



