SIR SAMUEL baker's OPINION. 
for deer wkh a friend when we heard a sambur bell in one 
of these woods ; presently another sambur joined in. I 
whispered to my companion that 1 thought there must be a 
tiger in the wood. I had hardly spoken when we heard a 
low gutteral growl ; and every time the deer belled the tiger 
answered with a growl Then a third deer commenced 
belling, and for several minutes this went on, the tiger 
answering with a growl, every bell of the deer. We w^ere 
standing outside the wood^ and from the sound, the tiger 
appeared to be approaching towards us, when suddenly the 
growling ceased, but the belling of the deer continued. A 
short time afterwards a hind came dashing out into the open, 
but no tiger appeared. I have heard a tiger growl to the 
bell of a sambur at other times, but never so persistently 
as on this occasion. Now, my idea is that the tiger by 
growling sets all the deer belling, and when he has fixed on 
the exact spot where one may be standing lie suddenly stops 
answering, and proceeds to stalk the animal. I have little 
doubt that the hind which came rushing out to us had been 
stalked by the tiger. If the tiger had sufficient sense of 
smell to hunt the deer by scent, I do not think he would 
reply to their cry of alarm with a growl 
Sir Samuel Baker states that the tiger differs from the 
cat in its peculiar fondness for water. We all know that a 
tiger will seldom take his meal except when he is near water 
and will even drag a buffalo or goat a long distance so that 
he should be able to slake his thirst after he has fed, and will 
even enter a stream and lie down in it so as to be able to lap 
without any trouble. Tigers have been known to swim large 
rivers, and even an arm of the sea, but that has been done 
from necessity in order to obtain their food ; but that it is 
