An English hunter tells the story of a tigress that was known
all over India as the man-eater, who once had given her whelps
a live man to play with. She carried off the man from an open
hut in the forest where some wood-cutters were sleeping. His
companions took refuge in trees, and from their place of safety
saw her take the man alive to where the whelps were waiting
close by, and lay him down before them. As the man attempted
to crawl away the whelps would cling to his legs with teeth
and claws, the tigress looking on and purring with pleasure.
(Text.)--LOUIS ALBERT BANKS.
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=Animal Friendliness=--See PROTECTION.