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THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
One man-eating tiger devastated thirteen villages, controlled fifteen square 
miles of territory and killed seven hundred and twenty-seven persons. As was 
remarked in the case of the lion, the tiger hunts of India have been so frequent 
and so often described that it seems unnecessary in a work such as The 
Savage World to repeat what would prove as wearisome as a twice-told tale. 
The Leopard (.Felis leopardus) has white spottings in the centre of im¬ 
perfect black rings. It is often called by the names ingwe and onguirara. 
ROYAL BENGAL TIGER AND YOUNG. 
The African chiefs are very fond of wearing fezzes made from the tail of the 
leopard. On one occasion a leopard invaded a camp and, possessing himself 
of a goat, carried it away with him. Paul du Chaillu, whose statements, 
received at first with incredulity, seem now to be receiving the respect 
which follows confirmation, tells how he was waked from a sound sleep by a 
leopard , but which did not offer to do him any violence beyond reminding him 
that his surroundings were such as demanded constant vigilance. 
