“KILLING A MAN-EATER” 161 
would make them break cover, I sent for elephants 
and killed them still full of vigor on the tenth day. 
The circle in which they were enclosed was about 
seventy yards in diameter, and the heat of the fires 
kept up night and day was considerable, yet they 
existed without a drop of water for ten days, suffer- 
ing from wounds half the time. A tiger can go 
much longer than this without serious inconveni- 
ence. One of the most powerful elements in the 
tiger’s attack is his voice. If the attack be com- 
menced very near, the startling, coughing roar is 
almost paralyzing to the coolest, but if the tiger has 
to come on from any distance, he rarely does more 
than grunt, and the hunter’s attention is concen- 
trated on the beast itself, so the demonstration 
passes unnoticed. 
The power of the tiger’s voice at close quarters 
may be understood by anyone who has had an 
opportunity of seeing a newly caged tiger; it is 
almost impossible to watch the charge against the 
bars without flinching, if standing within a yard or 
so of them, but if seen at twenty yards distance it 
is nothing. 
The tigress does not breed oftener than once in 
two years. They do not breed at any fixed season. 
Cubs have been taken in March, May and October. 
A tigress feeds her cubs when very young with 
half-digested flesh which she disgorges on her 
return from hunting or kill. Carrying meat to any 
distance would be an unnatural proceeding, and the 
