THE JUNGLA. 



Tiger, could not afterwards endure tlie si^lit of any brindled animal whatever, 

 and was only restored to ordinary courage by the ingenious device of his master, 

 who kept a brindled dog in the same stable with the horse until the poor beast 

 ))ecame reconciled to the hateful striped fur. 



The chief wea])ons of the Tiger are his enormous feet, with their sharp sickle-like 

 talons, Avhich cut like so many knives wiicn the animal delivers a blow with his 

 ])owerful limbs. Even were the talons retracted, the simple stroke of that 

 sledge-hanmier ])aw is sufficient to strike to the ground as large an animal ns an 

 ox ; while, if the claws lend their trenchant aid to the heavy blow of the lindj, the 

 terrible effects may be imagined. 



Ik'sidcs the severity of the wound which may be inflicted by so fearful 

 a weapon, there are other means of destruction that lie hid in the Tiger's 

 (laws. From some cause or other, — it may be })rcsumed on account of some 

 peeuliar maiHU'r in which the claws aflPect the nervous system, — even a slight 

 wound has olten been known to produce lockjaw, and to destroy the victim by 

 the ett'ects of that fearful disease. It may be, tliat the perturbation of mind 

 caused by the attack of the Tiger, may have some hand in tlie matter. Ca})lain 

 Williamson, an officer of twenty years' experience in Bengal, states that he never 

 knew a ])erson to die from the wounds inflicted by a Tiger's claws without sufler- 

 iuj," from lockjaw ju'cvious to death; and he adds, that those cases which appeared 

 the least alarming were the UKJSt suddenly carried oil". 



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The cruel s|)oits whieli dehght the Oru-iital luouarchs are fannliar to all 

 students of the Oiiental character, who have found an adnnrablc subject of 

 contemj)lation in the last monarch who has ruled, or pretended to rule, the great 

 kingdom of Oude. All kinds of animals were kept by this sensualist, simply for 

 the ])uri)ose of lighting each other, and among the most celebrated of these 

 warlike animals was the maijnificent Tiger known bv the name of Jungla. 



This s[)lendi(l animal has been brought to England, and I have been fortunate 

 enough to ))rocure a ])ortrait, drawn from the living creature. 



"Jungla" is one of the finest, if not the very finest Tiger that has ever set foot 

 on I'Jiglish ground, and even when i)enned in the strait limits of a wooden cage 

 that would not permit his noble head to be raised to its full height, and only gave 

 room for a single short step backwards and forwards, his grand i)roportions were 

 most striking. His present age is about five years. 



Tn height he is about fom' feet, and the relative proportions cjm be judged from 



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