ZOO NOTES. 
Described and illustrated with Photographs 
BY 
THe Tiger is the largest and most dangerous of the 
Felide, slightly exceeding the lion in size, 
and far surpassing him in destructiveness. 
The average length of a male is twelve 
feet from tip of nose to end of tail. The tiger is the only 
member of the family ornamented with stripes across the 
body; this is a protective marking, rendering the animal 
inconspicuous among the reeds in which it generally 
conceals itself, and where it would be seen with com- 
parative ease if marked in any other way. Although 
possessed of immense strength and ferocity, the tiger 
rarely attacks an armed man unless provoked; but it 
frequently carries off women and children. When taken 
young the tiger is capable of being tamed. The pair of 
adult animals which were presented to the Zoo by the 
Gaekwar of Baroda used to be led about by their 
Man-zeating 
Tiger of India. 
JUST AWAKE. 
attendant in the streets of 
that city; and Sw James 
Outram once possessed a male 
which lived at large im his 
quarters and occasionally 
accompanied him in _ boat 
excursions. That greatest of 
all animal trainers, Carl 
Hagenbeck, it is needless to 
say, possesses one or two of 
these “ pets,’ and has even 
. persuaded some of them to 
et eae ) Ss mate with lions. Another tiger 
z collector, of course, is Madame 
Sarah Bernhardt. 
A SIESTA. 
