THE TIGER. 
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which resemble those of the sycamore, 
^re common in most underwoods, as they 
?’'bes by the peasants in the wilds of Bha- 
Soor. 
_|The author of the “ Oriental Field Sports” 
, ^^cribes several ingenious methods practised 
^indostan for destroying tigers, and among 
the following : — When the track of a 
j Ser has been discovered, the peasants col- 
quantity of the leaves of a tree called 
fo 
the greater portion of most jungles in 
^ north of India. These leaves are smeared 
a species of bird-lime made by bruising 
berries of an indigenous tree : they are 
^j^^n strewed, with the gluten uppermost, near 
® spot to which, as it is believed, the tiger 
^j^nally resorts during the noontide heats. If 
I ® nnimal should tread on one of the smeared 
^^Ves his fate may be considered as decided. 
Commences by shaking his paw, with a 
to remove the adhesive incumbrance ; 
