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They were then put out of doors at some distance 

 away ; but I was obhged to have a cooUe on g-uard day 

 and night over the tub, and owing to these precautions 

 I managed to keep the skeleton entire. 



To show liow common tigers are, I may mention 

 that this tiger was killed on June 29, and on July 2 a 

 tiger killed a pony, both of- these being close to my 

 house, while from a hamlet about two miles distant, 

 and situated over a spur of the mountain, I had almost 

 daily reports of domestic animals, such as j)onies, oxen, 

 and pigs, being killed by tigers or leopards. 



Wild pigs are common, and do much damage at 

 night in the fields of Indian corn, the mischief most 

 frequently being done when the grain is ripe or nearly 

 so. At this time they are sometimes surprised by 

 the natives and killed with the long spears mentioned 

 before. At other times they are marked into detached 

 patches of jungle or small woods, and surrounded and 

 kiUed. 



One day a native brought me two wild boars' tusks 

 and some of the fine, almost bristle-like, quills of the 

 porcupine. These he wished to sell to me, saying they 

 were the teeth and whiskers of an enormous tiger. He 

 asked a fabulous price for them ; but upon my telling 

 him to what animals they had once belonged, he 

 eventually offered to make me a present of them. 



