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THE TIGER 
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their position in a drive, and they have bagged 
every individual member. This luck has never 
waited upon me, but I have seen three out of the 
four secured, the big and wary male, having 
modestly remained behind, escaping by breaking 
back through the line of beaters. 
The tigress remains with her young until they are 
nearly full-grown, and she is very assiduous in teaching 
her cubs to kill their prey while they are extremely 
young. I have seen an instance of such schooling 
when two buffaloes were tied up about a quarter 
of a mile apart; one was killed, and although these 
two baits were mere calves, it had evidently been 
mangled about the neck and throat in the endeavour 
to break the neck. This had at length been effected 
by the tigress, as proved by the larger marks of 
teeth, while the wounds of smaller teeth and claws 
in the throat and back of neck showed that the cub 
had been worrying the buffalo fruitlessly, until the 
mother had interfered to complete the kill. The 
other buffalo calf had been attacked, and severely 
lacerated about the nape of the neck and throat, but 
it was still alive, and was standing up at the post to 
which it had been tied. This proved that the cub 
had been practising upon both these unlucky animals, 
and that the tigress had only interfered to instruct 
her pupil upon the last occasion. A dead, vulture 
was lying near the buffalo carcase; this had 
been killed, probably, by the cub; the fact 
showed that the buffalo had been attacked that 
morning during daylight, and not during the pre- 
