The tiger.--His habitat.--Shooting on foot.--Modes of shooting.--A tiger hunt on foot.--The scene of the hunt.--The beat.--Incidents of the hunt.--Fireworks.--The tiger charges.--The elephant bolts.--The tigress will not break.--We kill a half-grown cub.--Try again for the tigress.--Unsuccessful.--Exaggerations in tiger stories.--My authorities.--The brothers S.--Ferocity and structure of the tiger.--His devastations.--His frame-work, teeth, &c.--A tiger at bay.--His unsociable habits.--Fight between tiger and tigress.--Young tigers.--Power and strength of the tiger.--Examples.--His cowardice. --Charge of a wounded tiger.--Incidents connected with wounded tigers. --A spined tiger.--Boldness of young tigers.--Cruelty.--Cunning.--Night scenes in the jungle.--Tiger killed by a wild boar.--His cautious habits.--General remarks. CHAPTER XIX. The tiger's mode of attack.--The food he prefers.--Varieties of prey. --Examples.--What he eats first.--How to tell the kill of a tiger. --Appetite fierce.--Tiger choked by a bone.--Two varieties of tiger. --The royal Bengal.--Description.--The hill tiger.--His description. --The two compared.--Length of the tiger.--How to measure tigers. --Measurements.--Comparison between male and female.--Number of young at a birth.--The young cubs.--Mother teaching cubs to kill. --Education and progress of the young tiger.--Wariness and cunning of the tiger.--Hunting incidents shewing their powers of concealment. --Tigers taking to water.--Examples.--Swimming powers.--Caught by floods.--Story of the Soonderbund tigers. CHAPTER XX. No regular breeding season.--Beliefs and prejudices of the natives about tigers.--Bravery of the 'gwalla,' or cowherd caste.--Claw-marks on trees.--Fondness for particular localities.--Tiger in Mr. F.'s howdah.--Springing powers of tigers.--Lying close in cover.--Incident. --Tiger shot with No. 4 shot.--Man clawed by a tiger.--Knocked its eye out with a sickle.--Same tiger subsequently shot in same place.--Tigers easily killed.--Instances.--Effect of shells on tiger and buffalo.--Best weapon and bullets for tiger.--Poisoning tigers denounced.--Natives prone to exaggerate in giving news of tiger.--Anecdote.--Beating for tiger.--Line of elephants.--Padding dead game.--Line of seventy-six elephants.--Captain of the hunt.--Flags for signals in the line. --'Naka,' or scout ahead.--Usual time for tiger shooting on the Koosee. --Firing the jungle.--The line of fire at night.--Foolish to shoot at moving jungle.--Never shoot down the line.--Motions of different animals in the grass. CHAPTER XXI.