Identifier: travelsincentral01mouh (find matches)
Title: Travels in the central parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos : during the years 1858, 1859, and 1860
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Mouhot, Henri, 1826-1861 Mouhot, Charles
Subjects: Mouhot, Henri, 1826-1861
Publisher: London : John Murray
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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asses anything I have ever seen, and hisfood is abominably nasty. Kotten fish and dogs flesh arehis favourite diet. The tiger of Annam is terribly savage, and his strengthis equal to his ferocity. Often, however, a couple of menwill go alone to attack one, armed merely with pikes. Assoon as they see the animal, the more powerful or morecourageous of the two lowers his pike; the tiger hesitatesa moment, and sometimes, if not pressed by hunger, turnsand disappears with the rapidity of lightning; but atother times he wiU make a spring at the hunter, when,if the force of the leap do not carry him right over themans head, he falls upon the pike, which the hunter thenelevates by pressing the handle on the ground. Thesecond hunter now comes forward, and in his turn pierceshim, and uniting their strength, they both hold him downtill he dies. Occasionally the first man misses his aim,and his pike breaks; then all is over for one, if not both.The most common method of hunting the tiger has more
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Chap. X. TIQEE-HUNTING. 263 actors engaged. There is in every village some expe-rienced man wlio leads tlie attack; and if any one hasbeen carried off by one of these animals, the tam-tam issounded to summon people from the neighbouring villagesto follow this leader after the creature. As he alwayssleeps near the spot where he has left the remains ofhis repast, they are pretty sure of discovering his re-treat. When they have tracked the tiger to his lair, all thehunters form a circle as large as their number will allow,and sufficiently apart not to impede each others move-ments. These preparations completed, the leader makessure that the animal has no outlet for escape. Some ofthe most daring then venture into the centre and cutaway the brushwood, during which operation they areprotected by others armed with pikes. The tiger, pressedon all sides, rolls his eyes, licks his paws in a convulsivemanner, as though preparing for combat, then, with afrightful howl, he makes his spring. Immed

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