305 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. VIII. 
On or about the 5th of February, at a small tank in the village forest about 
a mile from the village of Thoyapar, in the Nagpur district, a large boar was 
killed by a tiger ; such, however, was my information, and so on the 15th 
I inspected the spot. The tank was to a great extent dried up, but the bed 
was just moist enough to show tracks in an ideal manner. 
This is the story the tracks distinctly related :— 
A huge boar was feeding in the tank by grubbing up the roots of the 
various aquatic plants, when a tiger stalked him along the edge of the tank, 
The boar becoming suspicious, the tiger bounded towards him and was met 
by the former a few yards from where he had been grubbing. Then ensued 
a tremendous scuffle, and the tiger was evidently having a bad time of it, as 
several handfuls of tiger hair scattered about testified to the boar having two 
or three times charged home. At this point of the combat two other tigers 
joined in from different directions, and of course this triple combination was 
too much for the boar, who succumbed. The latter tigers were a tigress and a 
nearly full-grown cub, called here a “ pata.” 
This must have happened when day was breaking, for some villagers, passing 
along the cart-track early, saw one tiger in the open. They raised a shout, and 
the tiger disappeared. They then found the boar which the tigers had not 
commenced to eat, and, having called some comrades, carried it off to the village. 
This was apparently a very large boar, but unluckily the tushes were carried 
off by a jackal or dog after having been set aside for me. 
Later on, about the end of April, another boar was killed not more than ten 
or twenty miles from there; this time apparently by a single tiger, but its tushes 
only measured 7”. 
About the end of February, along the Pench River, on the borders of Seoni 
and Chindwara, there was a fight between two huge tigers. One killed the 
other and, after having half eaten him himself, went off lame and bleeding, 
evidently badly wounded, as was shown by his track on the sand. The tiger 
killed and partly eaten was discovered by some fire-guards, who had no doubt 
as to the fight from the condition of the ground where the battle took place. 
The victorious tiger succumbed also a few days afterwards, but the skin was 
nearly rotten when discovered, It is curious to know that tigers will eat each 
other in a full-grown state, although it is well known that tigers greedily 
devour young cubs when they can get the chance in the mother’s absence. 
On tour in camp I was joined by two companions, who, only just out from 
England, had never killed anything in the shape of big game, and so, knowing 
of a place where a panther’s presence had frequently been reported to me, 
I tied up a goat and gota kill on May 21st. My two companions sat up at 
about 3-30 P.M., and on the panther turning up at sunset, it was killed. 
On skinning her we found her milk glands greatly developed, and hence 
suspected she must have cubs near. So on the morrow, having sent out five 
