162 TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS 
half-digested flesh is probably better adapted to the 
requirements of young cubs. 
When only six weeks old the cubs move from 
place to place with their mother, but are left at 
home while she hunts, though she leads them to 
feast if near when she kills. 
Watching for the return from a kill, or at a pool 
where they are known to drink, is a method of 
hunting chiefly practiced by natives. Poison pit- 
falls and traps are generally brought into play when 
dealing with a man-eater. There is perhaps no 
method of shooting tigers so seldom successful as 
watching for their return to feed on animals they 
have killed. For my part, I confess toa great liking 
for the silent and solitary watch, which kind of 
shooting requires the utmost vigilance and patience. 
In a shady, green-screened platform in some fine 
tree, watching at the cool of evening, when jungle 
sounds alone break the stillness and birds and 
animals seldom seen at other times steal forth and 
can be watched at leisure, an intense excitement is 
kept alive by the possibility of the tiger’s appearance 
at any moment. Those without experience at this 
game do well to pause, but one who knows the beast 
he has to deal with may kill many dangerous ani- 
mals on foot without accident or even serious adven- 
ture. Almost every accident that occurs is directly 
traceable to ignorance or carelessness; the hunter 
is a tyro or over-venturesome, or due precautions 
are not observed when following a wounded beast 
