188 TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS 
A chicken or bait of some kind is placed with- 
in the cage, then a couple of bars of the trap are 
loosened and drawn out. If the animal refuses 
to enter the cage he is prodded with poles until he 
does, the bars are then slipped into their place and 
the animal is secured. There is really no danger 
or excitement in trapping and caging of tigers, or 
any animal caught in a trap of that kind. 
In all I'stayed with the Tungku nine weeks and 
the round-up of animals caught by net and pit, in- 
cluded ninety-two different varieties, not including 
three tigers, two spotted and one black leopard— 
forty-three cages and ‘sixteen crates. This only 
includes those specimens in good condition. I do 
not count the animals that were killed off on ac- 
count of not being fit to show for zodlogical 
purposes. 
It was my good fortune during my stay with the 
(Tungku to witness a bull fight. Under a covered 
shed on a raised platform the Sultan with his Court 
and guests sat, while the natives, five and six deep, 
either sat on the ground or stood forming a circle 
of about seventy yards in which the bulls fight. 
The bulls belonged to a local breed. They are 
small in size, but sturdy, well built, very quick in 
movements, have a small hump on their necks, and 
short sharp horns. They are trained for fighting 
from early youth and out in the ring about the 
age of three, but are at their best at four or five 
years old. Bulls of as nearly as possible the same 
