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liver, the heart, and the flesh are taken away and 

 dried, to be eaten as tonics or invigorating remedies 

 that give strength and courage. There is also a 

 popular delusion that a new lobe is added to the 

 liver every year of his life. A tiger-skin with its 

 whiskers preserved is a rarity ; you cannot keep them. 

 The domestic, who would preserve any other valuable 

 as a most sacred trust, will fail under this temptation ! 

 The whiskers, besides other wonderful powers, are 

 said to possess that of being a slow poison when 

 administered with the food; such is the belief, 

 which you may try in vain to disturb! The 

 clavicles, too, little curved bones like tiny ribs, are 

 also much valued ; but they are generally lost or 

 overlooked when the tiger is cut up, lying buried 

 in the powerful muscles near the shoulder. 



Captain B. Rogers, of the Indian army, who has 

 studied the habits of the wild animals of India, 

 recently read a remarkable and interesting paper on 

 the subject of the ravages committed by them, before 

 the Society of Arts, in London, and gave, with other 

 important information, details, of which I have ex- 

 tracted some items, as illustrative of the magnitude 

 of the evil. 



Captain E., who is an experienced sportsman, has 

 suggested a comprehensive scheme for the destruc- 

 tion of wild beasts, which, no doubt, if carried 

 out, would somewhat diminish the evil. A model 

 of a trap invented by him for the destruction 



