POISONING TIGERS 45 
does not appear to enter into his head. Poison is used 
to destroy them, as well as leopards, in the following 
manner. When the remains of an animal that has been 
killed are found, an incision is made down the back of 
the neck, and the skin drawn aside. Two powders are 
then rubbed in, the first, of which a considerable quan- 
tity is used, being of an emerald-green colour ; the other 
is white, and not much (perhaps an ounce) is con- 
sidered sufficient. I was unable to find out what these 
powders consisted of, and it would be interesting to 
know, for they are undoubtedly very effective in poison- 
ing the tigers or leopards, whose flesh is invariably de- 
voured again by their poisoners, after having been 
boiled in two or three waters, and, as far as I could 
hear, without any ill-effects following. 
On visiting a carcass that has been poisoned, the 
natives arm themselves with long spears, the only occa- 
sion on which they are carried except when in the pursuit 
of wild pig. Many people in China assured me that 
pigs and tigers are never found together in the same 
locality, but I am convinced they are mistaken, as here 
they both occurred plentifully, and leopards as well. 
In small covers and jungles it is quite possible that the 
presence of a tiger or leopard might cause a general 
exodus of the pigs; but in forest lands, such as are 
found here, they exist together in numbers. The only 
