Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Robert H. (Robert Henry) Elliot
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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. Attacked by an unwounded and unprovoked bear. If suddenly attacked by an animal at close quarters rush towards it. Wanton attacks made by bears on people. Approaching caves and getting bears out of them. Great value of stink balls. How not to attempt to get a bear out of a cave. Am caught by a hill fire. Amusing incident at a bear's cave. A man wounded. |
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