100 FOREST LIFE AND SPORT IN INDIA 
and, as is invariably the case, produced violent sick- 
ness in a few minutes. The tiger, when followed 
up, was found dead beside a heap of buffalo flesh, 
which my orderly estimated to weigh a “ maund,” 
or 80 pounds; it was certainly at least half that 
amount. On another occasion I fed a tiger with a 
two-year-old buffalo. He ate the whole of it in two 
days, and I offered a second. On the evening of the 
fourth day I watched him come to the second kill, of 
which then only the head and neck remained, and 
I shot him on the spot. His stomach contained 
nothing but a small quantity of fluid. When the 
three days of plenty are over, the tiger generally 
strolls unconcernedly away, ignoring the presence of 
game or of any tempting bait that may be offered. 
His hunger will not be pressing, though his stomach 
may be empty ; nor will pressure sufficient to drive 
him forth once more occur till three or four days 
later, when the same proceedings will again be 
followed. 
Bearing in mind the enforced restlessness of the 
tiger, and the fact that he is suspicious to a degree, 
and only bold by force of hunger, or in places where 
he has not learnt to fear man, the best way to pro- 
ceed is first to discover whether there is a tiger 
within reasonable distance of the sportsman’s camp, 
and next whether it is of suitable size and sex ; and 
this can, of course, be accomplished by careful track- 
ing, which will afford information, not only as to 
how long a time has elapsed since a tiger has passed, 
and the direction it has taken, but also of its sex and 
weight. And then, given a good knowledge of the 
forest, an early riser finding fresh marks will be 
