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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  THE 
  TRAP 
  BUILT 
  EOR 
  THE 
  TIGER 
  AND 
  BAITED 
  WITH 
  ONE 
  OE 
  ITS 
  HUMAN 
  VICTIMS 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  village 
  of 
  Kyokta 
  worked 
  with 
  feverish 
  haste 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  trap 
  before 
  

   nightfall. 
  The 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  woman 
  was 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  trap 
  by 
  stout 
  bamboo 
  stakes 
  

   (see 
  text, 
  page 
  276). 
  

  

  THE 
  SLAYER 
  SLAIN 
  

   Twenty 
  spear 
  thrusts 
  ended 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  this 
  savage 
  beast. 
  

  

  