Illustration of risk of sitting on the ground.
Caution should be exercised when approaching a tiger
supposed to
be dead.
Another illustration of the risk of sitting on the ground.
Illustration of the importance of sitting motionless
when obliged
to sit on the ground.
An exciting rush after a wounded tiger.
Coolness and courage exhibited by a native.
Estimate of danger of tiger shooting on foot.
Should not be
pursued by those whoso lives
are of cash value to their families.
People killed by wounded tigers. Difficulty of
seeing a tiger in
the jungle.
Distinguishing sight of natives superior to that of Europeans.
Tigers easily recover from wounds.
Effects on the nerves and heart from the roar of a wounded tiger.
Precautions that should be exercised by sportsmen
with damaged
hearts.
The lame tiger. Met in the road at night.
Tying out live baits for tigers.
Interesting instance of tiger stalking up to a live bait.
Another illustration of risk of approaching a tiger
apparently
dead.
Importance of using a chain when tying out a bait.
Sport spoiled
from a chain not being used.
Tigers eat tigers sometimes. Illustration of this.
The tiger’s power of ascending trees.
Interesting instance of a jackal warning tigers of danger.
Tiger put to flight by the rearing of a horse.
Effect on a tiger of the human voice. Tigers
often undecided how
to act.
Tigers form plans and act in concert. Illustration of this.
Tigers of Western Ghaut forests, if unmolested, rarely
dangerous
to man.
Very dangerous man-eating tigers have existed in the
interior of
Mysore. Man-eaters enter
villages. A tiger tearing off the thatch
of a hut.
Great courage and determination shown by natives in
connection
with tigers. Illustrations
of this.
The life of a planter saved by a dog attacking the tiger.
Interesting behaviour of the dog after Mr. A. was wounded.
Treatment of wounds from tigers. A native recovers
from thirteen
lacerated wounds and two on
the head.
A mad tiger. Position of body that should be
adopted when waiting
for a tiger. Importance
of this.
Tiger purring with evident satisfaction after having
killed a
man.
CHAPTER V.—BEARS, PANTHERS, JUNGLE DOGS, SNAKES, JUNGLE PETS.
Bear has two cubs at a time. Bears rapidly decreasing.
Said by
natives to be killed and eaten
by tigers. Instances of tigers
killing bears.
Bears dreaded by natives more than any animal in the
jungle.
Probable cause of their often
attacking people. Illustration of
this.