No doubt, if he were very hungry he would take a cow or a goat, but we might wait a very long time for that; so the only thing that I can see is to act as a bait myself." "How will you do that, Doctor ?" "I shall build a sort of cage near the point where the tiger has twice entered the jungle.

I will take with me in the cage a woman or girl from the village.

From time to time she shall cry out as if in pain, and as the tiger is evidently somewhere in this neighborhood it is likely enough he will come out to see about it.
"We must have the cage pretty strong, or I shall never get anyone to sit with me; besides, on a dark night, there is no calculating on killing to a certainty with the first shot, and it is just as well to be on the safe side.

In daylight it would be a different matter altogether.

I can rely upon my weapon when I can see, but on a dark night it is pretty well guesswork." The villagers were at once engaged to erect a stout cage eight feet square and four high, of beams driven into the ground six inches apart, and roofed in with strong bars.