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(vi) The skin, and even long hair, is consumed, 
(vit) The stomach is never ruptured, nor are the intestines injured, 
(vii) The outline of the unconsumed portion of the carcase, 
when seen early enough, is remarkably even and clean ; the 
ribs looking like the work of a butcher’s saw. 
(iv) Signs on the ground of a struggle for life on the part of the 
animal killed, or even of extreme terror before death, are 
practically absent. 
(w) Marks of claws may be visible on the shoulders or elsewhere, 
(wi) Blood is conspicuous by its absence, both in the carcase, 
~ and around the “ kill.” 
The inclination to drag a “kill” is very pronounced, and, unless 
suddenly carrying away a dog from a human abode, they make no 
effort to lft a “ kill.’ Even under these conditions, they will start 
dragging as soon as the first feeling of alarm—which such a daring 
deed must no doubt invoke—has worked off. 
I had a good greyhound carried off one night from my tent in the 
Nandgaen Range of the Nasik District, some years ago, without 
knowing anything about it til] the next morning. With the exception 
of the “pugs” of the panther for about 50 yards, there were no signs 
of .the fate of the dog; but when this distance had been reached, 
although the panther was a big brute, and had killed a good sized 
bullock two days previously, he deliberately put the dog down, and 
started to drag. 
IT.—Distinction. between Tiger and Panther “ Kills.”—As to whether 
a particular carcase is the property of a tiger or a panther, in the total 
absence of “ pugs,” we have nothing, as far as 1 am aware, to guide us, 
except (a) the size of the teeth-marks, (4) their position, (c) the size of 
the animal killed. and (d) other information of the presence of a tiger 
in the vicinity. 
1T.— Unusual “ Kills,”—Beating for a panther in the Dharwar 
District last February, the men suddenly came to a standstill, and 
undertook a hasty but general retreat. After a protracted delay, the 
eause of which I was naturally unable to fathom, they came along, 
bearing on a pole,a tiger cub! The animal (44 feet to 5 feet) had 
been killed by a panther, quite 24 to 36 hours praviously. It had 
not been eaten by the panther, nor had any other animal touched it. 
The teeth-marks were on the throat (Condition I), and if further 
evidence were required, the panther hud the night before slain a 
