52 BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
Vultures take good care not to descend on a kill if the tiger is near. 
They perch on the trees above, and one is often led to a kill by see- 
ing them. If they do descend on the kill, the tiger kills them if he 
catches them. One I found so killed seemed to have been caught 
and crushed with the paw. The “sledge hammer stroke of the 
fore paw of the tiger” one reads about, I have never come across. 
No kill I have ever seen bore any marks of it. Four men have been 
seized by tigers cither in my immediate presence or when I was 
close by. In every case the tiger clutched them with his claws, 
exactly as you might clutch a person’s arm with your fingers; and 
there was no sign of a blow further than you would expect from a 
violent seizure. ‘Tigers wander immense distances during the night. 
They are very partial to easy going, and if there are any tigers 
about, one of the best places to look for their track is along the 
i jungle roads and footpaths, to which they will sometimes keep for 
miles. They also roll in the dust of the roads, and take a dust bath. 
They don’t hke moving in the heat of the day; the hot ground 
burns the pads off their feet, and makes them quite raw. A. wound- 
ed tiger I followed a whole day, had the thick leather pad of his 
paws completely removed from this cause, two days after he was 
first wounded in the hind legs, This tiger killed a bullock, 
and made a good meal; when shot his feet were in the state 
described. They are also fond of sitting in pools of water in 
the heat of the day. I have three times found them enjoy- 
ing a cool bath. ‘Tigers seldom climb trees. I have a pho- 
tograph here of’ a tree in Salsette that was climbed by a 
man-eater. He attacked two men, one went up this tree to the fork 
of the right hand branch, the other es raped. The tiger went up the 
tree, but could not quite get to the fork where the man was. He 
then came down and hid in the jungle near. Poor Pandoo, for such 
was his name, thinking the coast was clear, descended and made 
tracks for his village, no doubt congratulating himself on his escape, 
when the tiger seized him and ate him. The inquest report stated 
‘that Pandoo died of the tiger eating him; there was no other cause 
of death. Nothing was left except some fingers, which probably 
belonged to the right or left hand.” Such was the inquest report. 
The above facts were stated to me by my friend Mr. Mulock, who 
took the photo, of the tree I have shown you. It seems extraordi- 
nary that the remains of Pandoo did not consist of more than 
some fingers, but I tell the tale as it was told to me. 
