CHAPTER VIII. 
TIGERS, LEOPARDS, &c. 
TIGERS— DIFFICULTY OF SEEING THEM— AMALGAM ATIQM OF COLOUR WITH SUR- 
ROUNDING OBJECTS— TIGKR WITH JACKAL— TIGERS AND WILD DOGS— THEIR 
FEAR OF DOGS— POWER OF TiGER'S JAWS AND LIMBS— THEIR NOISELESS 
MOVEMENTS— MAN EATERS— TIGER'S DREAD OF MAN— THE MODE OF STRIK- 
ING ITS PREY — RAPIDITY OF STROKE — SHOOTING TIGERS ON FOOT — 
DANGERS OF THE SPOIU— SIR JAMES OUTRAM — HIS WONDERFUL ESCAPE- 
TIGERS AND SAMBUR-— TIGERS AND PUTRID FLESH— POWER OF SCENT— SIR 
SAMUEL BAKER'S OPINION— ILR.H. DISCOVERS HIS MISTAKE- THE CHEEKY 
RASCAL— SIZE OF TIGERS— MY FIRST TIGER— EXCITING CHASE AFTER A TIGER 
—THE VULTURES WILL BRING HIM OUT— RATHER A SURPRISE— EXCITING 
RENCONTRE WITH THREE TIGERS— TIGER AND WILD BOAR— A FIERCE FIGHT 
—TIGER STARED OUT OF COUNTENANCE— LOOK OUT ! HE'S COMING— WHAT 
I SAW ON JAN. 31, 1868— TIGER AND HINDS- MY LAST TIGER— TIGER STORIES 
—SHOOTING TIGERS FROM AN ELEPHANT- COLONEL GEOFFREY NIGHTIN- 
GALE'S LETTER— THE LEOPARD— THE BLACK LEOPARD— HIS DEATH— THE 
JUNGLE CAT— LOSS OF MY DOG SNOB— THE HARES ARE WITCHES— CLARK'S 
THEORY- LEOPARDS ON THE TREES— MY LAST LEOPARD. 
which are very little known either to the sportsman or to the 
naturalist. As regards tigers, I have come across them both 
when after their prey or when resting in their lairs, and have 
watched them for an hour or two at a time when, owing to 
some cause, I have been unable to stalk or get near them. 
I always carried a very powerful telescope with which I 
could see almost every hair on their bodies and every ex- 
HiLST residing on the Nielgherrles, the Pulnies, and 
the Annamullies, I had many opportunities of 
observing the habits of some of the larger animals, 
