Silent Gods Sun-Steeped Lands #270304

There was no doubt much truth ... that the tigers which now infest the wood from Ságar to Devri were of a different kind, ... in fact, that they were neither more nor less than men turned into tigers, ... a thing which took place ... much more often than people were aware of. The only visible difference between the two ... is that the metamorphosed tiger has no tail, while the ordinary tiger has a very long one. - Sleeman, "Rambles and Recollections," vol. i. p. 154 (Constable's Edition, 1893).