Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-12-05
Tigers and their Appe4sss.

| The enormous forearm Of tigers has often
attracted attention We have seen cat -ust nLf IL
dead mouse, or the face Of dog which waa ~ % 2
teazing her, and it is easy understand what
| tremendous blow tiger could give in ths is'
same manner, but believe it to be mis- -z-
take to suppose that he strikes down his prey
with his paw. He strikes in sef-defensa aud FSa
when fighting, but not when seizi1g his vl6s = 30
tim. have sesn many carcssses Of deer -ss
cattle, buffaloes and horses, which have beed
killed by tigers, and they al had the same Aa.
appearance: four. deep holes at the back of
rhe neck 0wo Of them on each side Of The :-,,
teeth no other mark OF conrse if i tbe tgs 7sg
er had begun to feed on the body, it was ex. ..,.
tensively lacerated And if (as sometimes
in the case Of a bufalo,) the prey had strug-
gled much and had succeeded in dragging
the tiger atew yards, the chest and foreegs ls<sG
would bear the impression Of the claws and
the tremendous gripe but these, ss fat ss
my experience goes. were exceptional cases.
Il IS evident that the tiger, in sezing his
prey, rushes on 10 its back, gTpes its neck .-rtl
with lis jaws with vice. and, with his @ .
arms confuing the animals struggles, lies
there upon his vicIiTn until it is suffocated& &
With human being know not how. tbs - trza1
case is A tiger has been seen to seize and r. 81
carry off man BY the neck, or the arm, or -..+-
thigh, indiAerently. In the weil-knOwn r. M --r
cases Of Major Colnet and Captain Fenwick,
they we're both seized by The thigh and car ~
red of, tits said on tt animals back More re-
Gently Captain Hill Superintendent of Po-
lice III Burma, was griped by the neck, and a o.
there held until the rival Of his people who -,rs
rescued him from his awful position. In l546. . --
in Midnapore, I was out after a tiger, on foot.
and having wounded him severely was search
ing for himin the Jungle. with numbered -5.
beaters. Three times we came upon him, and e.. q
each time he broke cover by charging on q rs
mob Of Once he struck the
chest, knocking him over and scratching him z ss
nlvT Nt.yf la seITn one o. ha
beaters in lis jaws. by the thigh, gave hiTns
rapid shake and passed on. But these are al
cases in which the animal acting in self-
defense. or in retaliation. What have said Sz
above refers to It's usual mode Of capturing
its food. -.
The sverrnep; in orr "natural history
books that the Tiger disdains 10 touch earrioD
is quite untrue The same rhetoric is indulg- M
le in regarding the eagle and is equally eF-- s4ce
oneous. The lion also, The king Of beasts,' zt 81
s believe, as little rcrupulous Hny oil
r cat in this particular. I have described
,ew the tiger csptlEes and kills bis pray -f 5s
When dead if the body lie Convenient to ha 1as
overt, he lets it reTu2in; if be too far out --
D the open, it is dragged further in toward -sg 8
he jingle and there LETT until toward dawn;
,ome times the body is disemboweled ahtF '-
eing removed a little way, and is then
rawn away to some hidden SPOT 4 leon -
I'd was seen TO disembowel goat holdingit it 81
y the throat laying On ia back under -s
cath the body, and ripping it open by re- ~ --
Gated kicks with It's hind crayTs Probably
he tiger operates by tie same method Hs
ppears 10 prefer rump steak, or round
any o;her portion. These are almost al-
ays the first eaten, then the ribs, rarely the
re quarters, and never, within M kLowf- t.
Ice, the head, -s