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unless impelled by hunger, attack in an open or frequented situ- 

 ation, but quickly avails himself of the opportunity afforded b} f the 

 deviating traveller, to secure a prey." 



The tiger will eat nothing but what he destroys himself. The 

 hyena, sya-gush, and even the leopard, will, on emergencies, act 

 otherwise. The lion, with respect to eating, has the same propensity 

 as the tiger, and in many instances they seem to blend something 

 noble with their ferocity. These animals generally seem to have 

 their own walks in the solitary regions Avhich they inhabit, and 

 are seldom seen more than two together. For several miles in ex- 

 tent, the Turcaseer forests, in the dry season, are destitute of water. 

 There was a pool in a wild part, whither the natives informed us 

 the savage race nightly resorted to drink; which they could only 

 approach by one narrow pass. One of our eager sportsmen had a 

 platform fixed among the branches of a lofty tree overhanging 

 this path, where he passed two moon-light nights, and was highly 

 gratified with his success. Among the variety of animals which 

 went to the water, he saw five royal tigers marching together, 

 which the Indians reckon a very extraordinary circumstance. 



I mentioned the rhinoceros in the menagerie at the Cape of 

 Good Hope; it is not uncommon in some of the Bengal provinces, 

 and other parts of Hindostan frequented by the wild elephant, 

 with whom it often has a desperate engagement: but as these 

 animals are seldom seen to the westward of the Ganges, I shall 

 here only add, that the skin of the rhinoceros is very valuable, 

 forming shields said to be impenetrable to a musket ball: the 

 foot is also highly esteemed by the Indians for medicinal pur- 

 poses; and, exclusive of other useful properties, a cup turned from 



