Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men (1897) (14783699575)

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Title: Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men ..
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history Ethnology
Publisher: New York, Merrill & Baker
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University



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dable beast, who from thedays of the beginning has been knownas a man-eater. Within the last quarterof a century a single tiger has killedhundreds of people before he could bedestroyed. In one instance a countryhaving an area of two hundred and fiftysquare miles and thirteen villages wasthrown out of cultivation and abandonedfrom the ravages of one tiger! THE INDICANS.—ANIMAL LIFE. m\ Leopards also are found in all parts ofIndia, and being much more numerousthan tigers, are on the whole moredestructive of life and property. Onevariety, known as the Cheetah leopard,has been domesticated and trained tohunt. In the chase of the antelope thiscreature is used, and by its speed and considerably troubled, with wolves. Otold time the antelope, the wild goat, andthe hare were their prey, country m-but with the increase of fes*edwith ■wolves and population and the spread jackals.of the pastoral life they turned to thesheepfold. Sometimes they attack man.As late as 1827 a single neighborhood
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mi^ VIEW IN THE HIMALAYAS.—A Mountain Village.—Drawn by G. Vuillier, from a photograph by Baker. activity is a powerful auxiliary to thehunter. It is said to surpass in swift-ness of flight any other wild beasts inIndia. Its peculiarity of habit is that if itmisses its prey at the first bound, it willmake no second attempt, but return ap-parently mortified, to its master. All the open country between theIndus and the Ganges was originally in-fested, and is to-day in wooded districts lost thirty children by the ravages ofwolves. Next in order may be men-tioned the Indian fox and the jackal,whose hideous yell by night may beheard in most of the country districts ofIndia. The latter animal is sought bythe European huntsmen who are settledhere and there in the country, for whomthe jackal takes the place of the fox inthe hunt of the Western nations. 692 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. Dogs, wild and tame, are numerous. The Cams dhola is an inhabitant of the wildest jungles. These, The Cams dho