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mode in which a tiger usually kills his prey. Some say that he 
seizes by the throat, others by the nape of the neck from above. I 
have examined scores of kills with special reference to this point, 
and in every case (except one) the throat had been seized from 
‘below. The exception was an old boar that had been seized 
by the back of the neck from above, ITalso once came across a 
man that had been seized by a man-eater by the nape of the 
neck. Strange to say lie recovered. He was the last of a single 
file of several villagers, and on the tiger seizing him, his comrades 
turned and drove the tiger off him. He was insensible, and 
had no idea when he came to his senses what had happened to 
him. He eventually recovered, The victim being seized, all 
authorities agree that the neck is dislocated by a wrench. I have 
never been able to understand how this dislocation takes place. 
A wrench, one would suppose, would throw the animal over 
before dislocation could occur. I have always doubted whether 
dislocation does take place. I have never noticed any external 
appearance of it, but I don’t place much reliance upon that, as the 
body is generally stiff before one gets to it. Actual dissection, 
which one is not usually inclined for under a hot sun, I have never 
tried. The hunting leopard (the tame one) appears to me to kill 
by simple pressure on the windpipe; for the ones I saw did not even 
break the skin with their tecth, and I don’t see why a tiger should 
not kill by that means. If any of you will get a friend to clutch 
your windpipe with even moderate violence, you will find it renders 
you quite powerless. It is by pressure on the windpipe that garot- 
ters succeed, I have always understood. On the other hand, I have 
seen more than one instance where adult tigers and panthers having 
seized have failed to kill, when they have had it all their own way, 
and not been frightened off. ‘This I cannot account for, as the 
wounds in the throat in such cases have appeared to be the usual 
ones. It is only by accident, if at all, that tigers in killing sever 
any important vein or artery. The natives will tell you that they 
do and suck the blood. Ihave never found any blood to speak 
of that has flowed from the throat wounds. I once heard a tiger 
take a bullock out of a herd within 300 yards of me and was on 
the spot immediately. The tiger had sneaked off, either frightened 
by the shouts of theherdsman, or because he heardme. The bullock 
was dead. Hardly any blood flowed from the wounds, which were 
in the usual place in the throat. Very large and powerful animals, 
