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when a tiger sprang out upon the goat + killed it. The man thru fright chiefly still kept hold of the rope + [[strikethrough]]the [[/strikethrough]] pulled the animal [[strikethrough]]with [[/strikethrough]] along with him whereupon the tiger abandoned his kill + fled into the bush while the man fled with the dead goat at the end of his rope to the nearest village where he was proclaimed a hero altho [[strikethrough]]more [[/strikethrough]] ^[[so]] frightened + rattled than he had not presence of mind enough to relinquish his hold on the rope.
The method of killing his prey used by the tiger is according to C. by biting it in the throat altho he has not actually seen a tiger make a kill. The necks of his victims are always broke + he infers that the tigers bend the head back until it breaks. The heads however are seldom eaten. He told of a case where a Chinese boy was eaten by a tiger which