The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-10-30
TRAITS OF rvs rroRR.
Origin and Lf. e -. aoyA TnaIaa


Beast
The tiger Is an Asfssze animal ex-
clasively. and ranges in suitable situa-
tions. from the Amoo- to the Island of
Bali, and from Turkish Georgia to the
Island OF Saghalin. but does not exist
In Ceylon- In spite of the great
destruction of tigers in India they still
live, according TO Mr.. Blanford, wher.
ever large tracks of forests and grass
jungle exist and they are especially
common in the forests at the base of
the Himalaya Tigers at least occa-
stonslly accompany the tigress and
her cubs for these animals, like lions
are homogeneous The young re-
main with the mothers until nearly or
quite full grown BY day the tiger
takes up its abode in deep shade, es-
pecially in the hot season, and gener-
ally near water. They swim well and
will even cross arms OF the sea- but
very rarely ascend trees. Tigers
spring much less than Is popularity
supposed. and rarely move both their
hind legs of the ground. They roar q
good deal less than lions do. although
| their call is very similar. MIR. Blan-
ford says when hit by a bullet q
tiger generally roars, but tigresses, or
at all events very often. do not
have on three occasions at least
known a tigress to receive a mortal
wound and pass on without making
a sound.
The ordinary food of tigers, says
the New York Sun. consists OF pigs,
deer antelopes and. strange to say,
htnb
would be rather awkward mouthfuls
They also sometimes kill and eat bears
and young gaurs and buffaloes al
though such wild cattle. II adult, are
more than q match for the tiger
When hard pressed during foundations
they will eat fish. tortoises lizarda
frogs and even locusts. They kill
great numbers OF domestic animals.
and sometimes live entirely on cattle
and they have a distinct preference for
beef over mutton. The tiger appears
ordinarily to kill cattle by clutching
the forequarters with its paws and
then selling the throat in his jaws from
underneath and forcing it upward and
backward until the neck is dislocated."
The enormous muscular power OF
the tiger is shown by the way in which
it can transport large carcasses of
oxen over rough ground. sometimes
lifting the body completely of the
ground. A very hungry one will de-
YOUR two headquarters in one night
but generally remains three or four
days near the carcass. feeding at in
tervals a tigress with cubs is often
very destructive, partly. it is said TO
teach the young tigers TO kill their
own prey. Though they usually do
so kin. they do not disdain carbon
Cases are even recorded OF a shot tiger
being devoured by another of its own
species.
The ordinary cattle-eating tiger is
great coward in the presence OF maa.
and often allows himself TO be pelte1
off. The man-eating tigers are thoss
which have got fat and heavy, or be-
ing disabled from age or injury find
man an easy prey; and when once
they have got over their innate fear OF
the human species such a tiger may
become a fearful scourge. Thus In
Lower Bengal alone T., 2I8 persons
were killed by them between 1860 and
1866. In Bengal and Upper India IT,
gers are hunted on elephants, the
sportsmen shooting from howdahs-
In central aud southern India tiger
shooting Is usually attempted in the
hot season, and the tiger Is either
| driven by heaters past u tree on which
the sportsman sits, or followed up.
| either on an elephant or on foot Oc-
| casionally, especially when tiger has
been wounded a herd of buffaloes are
employed to drive him out OF the COW
err which they do very effectually,
| charging him in body IL he does not
retreat Tigers captured young are
easily tanned. and many of the adult
animals in menageries are perfectly
| goOd-tempered, and fond OF being
noted and caressed by those whom
they know. They have repeatedly
bred in confinement although not so
freely as lions. and the cubs more
rarely thrive