The cubs are interesting pets if taken from the mother very young. I have reared several, but only kept one for any length of time. He was found by my camp followers with another in a nullah, and brought to me. The other cub died, but Zalim lived to grow up into a very fine tiger, and was sent to England. I never allowed him to taste raw flesh. He had a little cooked meat every day, and as much milk as he liked to drink, and he throve well on this diet. When he was too large to be allowed to roam about unconfined I had a stout buffalo-leather collar made for his neck, and he was chained to a stump near the cook-room door. With grown-up people he was perfectly tame, but I noticed he got restless when children approached him, and so made up my mind to part with him before he did any mischief.
Which word is closest to ‘rear’ in this context?
- go backwards (verb)
- raise (verb)
- train (verb)
- disguised (adjective)