Show A tigress TI croe 1 A well known student of the habits of wild ild animals annuals writing of the stealthy I 1 and id dangerous character cliar acter of tho the man rating tiger mentions A case that hap ednd it 11 few years ago in the fisan asit Js It t is in india A tigress had killed 60 many people that a largo reward was offered for her destruction she had recently dragged away a native but being eing disturbed bad left alio body without devouring it L the ehi Sh karie believed that sho she would return to her prey during the night if it tt left apon apon tho S spot ot I 1 1 I 1 I 1 where bere she hau bal forsaken it there were ho trees no any timber suitable for tho the construction of a mu macham charu it was accordingly resolved that four deep holes should be dug forming the comers of a square abo body lying in the center four watchers each with his matchlock took their positions in these holes nothing came and at length tho the moon went down and the night v was as dark the men were afraid to go home through the jungles and so remained where they were some souie of them fell asleep when daylight broke three of the sh ikaris issued from their positions but the fourth had 11 disappeared JL appeared his hole was empty A few yards distant his matchlock was discovered upon the ground and upon the dusty surface were the track tracks of a tiger and the sweeping trace where somo some large body bad had been dragged along upon following up the track the remains of the unlucky were discovered but the tigress bad disappeared the cunning brute was not killed until twelve months afterward although many persons devoted themselves to the work |