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attempt must be made to " cut tlie track," that is search in a wide 

 circle round the place where the game has been and across his 

 track. 



If one has good dogs, which are by no means to be had every- 

 where, they may be utilised (only not close to the tempting smell of 

 the bait). The dogs will probably not attack the tiger, they will 

 generally not dare to go far from the hunter, but they will point 

 out the presence of the game to him if he is acquainted with 

 their habits. 



If one is on the right track, vomited flesh and other strongly 

 smelling tokens of the tiger's sickness are found. Sometimes 

 the patient is found dead; sometimes, two days after the eating 

 of the poisoned flesh, still quite ready for the fight. Sometimes als° 

 healthy tigers are found keeping company with the sick one ; and 

 it is therefore necessary always to exercise the greatest caution. 

 If one comes upon steep declivities caution is still more needful, 

 for the radius of a tiger's spring in a downward direction is much 

 greater than on a flat or in an upward direction. 



I once tried to shoot a tiger-panther which was lying above me 

 against a steep declivity, through the head. The bullet went 

 through his ear, and with a spring and a terrific snarl the raging 

 beast stood crouched at my feet. Only by the good help of a 

 troop of dogs did I escape from the claws of the wali-hambing-ed 

 toetoel. * 



Already, since the beginning of 1863. forty head of royal tigers 

 and panthers and a large number of wild dogs have thus been 

 destroyed by me and my hunters : and by my brother at Ardjasari 

 near Bandoeng, whom I had provided with wall hamling, two pan- 

 thers and six royal tigers. 



In 1875, my brother at Ardjasari sent a descriptive narrative 

 of a tiger hunt to his absent wife. 



Although this account was not written for public perusal, it 

 seemed to me so suited to be appended in a supplement to my paper 



* " Tatul. — Spotted, marked with spots or blotches, Maung tutul, the spotted 

 tiger, a panther,"— RiGG's JS, J9, 



