The ... Tiger

Betwwii vit: iivntj Klecp of the hoctarnal auieiili üd tbe byptírsensilivo sleep Of iu..) T.liich fjjend their lWes in cuust:oit hcta al tluir enemiei a place mtu-t be found fr the form of lumbar njoyed by tlie liirge erniTora and that of dcmjcsac auiinuli. Tho formr hav no eiiumies to ftar exccpt man, ad tbo attor, proteoted by i:iau, enjoy to the 'uil tüe blessiug of uatnrul reit. ïigcrs are frefjnwitly fonnd fast asleep iu the daytimc. Nativa hnnters ïave been kuowu to track theia fter i 'kill" to tha place ia which they vere lyiug fast a;leisp aud gorged irrith food and to shout thetu s tlity lip. When lakirig bia midday ri'pofo iu districts vcbero it i little ditturbed, the tiger does uot aJ'.Tf.ys retire to a pla; of í- crrity, !iko t!iu beta-, or evn the lejpjrú, .-..;jh ustally üle;ps cu the brarch of a tree. It just lies down iu Eome eonveuiout spot, eitlicr shady or warm, oording to the-weather, and there sleeps alnuist regard less of danger. Thoy bavo bei 11 ïouml lyiiji in dry uullabs, onder I trees and eren in tbo grass of the hillsides nnobserved uutil their di&turber ! came within ! few yards of them. Geiitral Donglas Hainilton, when : ghootin},' i:i tbeDandilly forest, carne j upon a tigresa uiid two cubs lyiug fast asleep ont their backs, with their pa ■ itickinj! pin thu air, undur a clunip of bambooB. When he was within a few yards of tho gronp, oue raised its head aud without movibg its body quietly looked at hirn along tho line of its body bPtAveen its paws. Tigers kept in . trivltvawaken uraduallv, tretohina and yawuiug