FURTHER NOTES ON MAN-EATING TIGERS. 85 



Now then for particulars. First victim^ Kania Maliadeo, killed 

 bOth July, 1894. The Patel of his village states this victim was 

 returning from his fields alone and was killed by a tiger on the road. 

 No one saw him killed but a search was made next morning and the 

 corpse was found with tiger pugs all around it. There were four large 

 teeth-marks on the left side of the corpse. The chest was clawed and the 

 nape of the neck scratched. The body was not eaten. The pugs were 

 supposed to be (or judged to be) those of a small tiger,— " pataifc bibla.^' 

 Second victim., Rama Balu, killed on 24th August, 1894, five miles 

 from where the 1st victim was killed. The patel of his village states 

 that Rama went into the forest to graze cattle. When evening came he 

 did not return and next day a search was made. His corpse was found 

 with tiger's pugs all around it. The right ear was torn and claw-mark 

 in the region of this ear and also below the left ear ; the neck badly bitten 

 and the left upper-arm clawed. The pugs were judged to be those of a small 

 tiger, — " patait bibla." It will be observed that neither the 1st nor the 

 second victim was eaten — not so the third victim, Kanni, widow of Nathu 

 Bendia, killed on 21st September, 1894, at a place 17 miles from where 

 the second victim was killed. This victim went into the forest for some 

 roots, &c., accompanied by a companion. iShe saw the tiger and fled but 

 the tiger ran after her and caught her. , My informant says it was a large 

 tiger, — ■' motha patait asava.'^ The legs of the victim were eaten up to 

 the waist and the right arm and the fingers of the left hand were also 

 eaten. The neck was twisted, throat torn open and claw- marks on back. 



Fourth victim^ Ambi, wife of Dhau, killed 24th November, 1894. 

 eight miles from the place where the second victim was killed. The patel 

 of the village states that this victim went to the forest to cut grass, and 

 that whilst cutting grass, a tiger came out of the forest, caught her by 

 the neck, the tiger's teeth meeting in front, and took her into the forest 

 and ate her two legs below the knee. Her husband, who was also 

 cutting grass with others somewhere near, came up and saw the tiger on 

 the victim. They all shouted and the tiger bolted, leaving the corpse. 

 These people say they saw the tiger eating the victim, and it was a 

 striped tiger, — " patait vag." 



Fifth victim.^ Changu Jagu, killed 26th November, 1894, near the place 

 where the second victim was killed. The patel of the village says that 

 Changu went into the jungle for grass at midday and did not return by 



