T I G 



T I C, 



Tifrr ponuiaf a mn on honcbacV.. 



voked ferocity, unnecessary cruelty, and poltroonery of 

 th* T: 



".t. The lion has owed a good deal 

 to his mane and his nohk' and dignified a-; ' ' : !".' 



trances are not always to lie trusted. Mr. I' . 

 with ' truth, characterizes the king 



powerful but treacherous. Happ\ .oiler, 



' for the pca-antn . the I' mma!- that 



are th , and gene- 



rous nature, that so oft has fired the imagination of 

 ii>ali/ed. and that his royal ]>aw disd: If in 



the blood of any sleeping creature ! The lion. i;i fact, is 

 one of the most indolent of all the beasts of prey, and 

 never gives himself the trouble of a pursuit unless hard 

 pressed by hmii: 



1'eimnnt gives the following as an instance, alter stating 

 that there is a sort of cruelty in the de\ I the 



unknown to the generous lion, as well as poltn 

 in its Midden retreat on any disappointment : ' I was 

 inforn. .1 authority, that in the beginning of 



this eenti:. . d ladies, being on a party 



of pleasure under the sha -. mi the hanks of a 



ri\iT in Bengal, observed a tiger preparing for its fatal 

 -prinir : one of tin- ladie.-. wi'h amazing p.. mind, 



Inid hold of an umbrella and furled it full in the animal's 

 which instantly retired, and gave the company an 

 opportunity of removing from so terrible a neighbour/ 



This is a verj pivtu (he heroine deserves all 



praise, though It is not \ery dear what is meant by// 

 an umbrella, so as to make re with the 



context, and the tiirer was undoubtedly vcrv polite. Hut 



om a con~ 



in ambush : and we suspect that a iTo-s-cvaininatioii 



of the part. ;ed might base slighth 'damaged the 



(Granting, however, that tin- boiil lady walked 



up to a crouch, .d suddenly opened an "umbrella 



in it* 1 iat, we prcKimie. is tile action meant . we 



may easily conceive that the - >a\ have utterly 



.uncled him ; but this is not poll Indeed the 



author immediately all. 



proof of the animal's daiiic Ujer party had not the 



hirer daited among them while they 



it dinner, eixed on one genii, led him off, 



and hi .,d of." 



. sad one, which is 



'g hardihood ; we allude to 



son. Mr. 



- the horrible . . in a 



' 'tins unfortunate gentl. Mi. Wood, accmn- 



mined 



>on. when they retired to the 

 "here they had 



-ho.it a deer, heaid a dreadful roar, and 



rn. and rush with him into 

 With the g him tin 



made 

 . hit aman among 



WM to fire at the tiger: and it is evident that theii 



... a few ni li fler, Mr. MI.M.I stag- 



1 with blon.'. and fell. 

 that the -hi|i af> i n, cured lor 



' in vain ; he expired in i 

 :is in the . 



torn. In, kull fmc. 



covered with wounds made by the claw* of the savage 



beast. It ! tint neither 



fire that w- (hem. nor the I'.oiv 



laughter which i 



inert tin* purpose.' Con- 



ns with the story told ! 



' ! 



which the Lion, though warmed with 1 



the terrified .l:i. j when, in 



1 from a 



liic butt-end of hi* shot less gi> 

 enemy. This im.\ poltroonery, if such a 'crni be 



Hut it any doubt an to the courage of the tigi 

 tained. l-'atlivr Tach.. ,it of a i-onib;: 1 



that bca>t and two eleiibants at Siam will be suit: 

 pronf. He: :ihoo pa:i*ade wa.-> ei v 



occuj)ying an an'a of about l(M) l.-et M|iiaie. Into this 

 cneld le])hant.s were introduced v. ilh their i 



and trunks shielded by a kind nf ma.-k. A -rwat 



now brought from its den, and held with cords 

 the eli . lied and inflicted two or tl 



on its hack with his trunk, so heavily laid on 

 stunned, as if dead. Then tl No 



sooner did he recover than he spiang wilh a dreadful 

 at the elephant's trunk stretched out him; 



but the wary elephant drew up hi.s trunk, and 

 the tiger on hi.- tnks. hurled him into the air. This 

 cheeked the' fmy of li> 

 up the contest with the elephant ; but 

 round the palisade, frequently springing at the - 

 Allcrwards three elephants 

 turn dealt him such heavy blows that . 

 and would have been killed, it' 



incorrectly called, had not been tupped. .Nothing could 

 be more unfair towards the tiger than the whole of this 

 proceeding: and we will venture to sty that no quad 

 except a liritish bull-dog could have shown more -pluck,' 

 to use a vulgar but expressive term, than this shamefully 

 treated ben 



The older authors generally state that after the tiger 

 has secured its prey it plunges its head into the be 

 the animal up to its with 



blood till the corpse i- exhausted, before it teals it to 

 pieces. The best modern accounts tend to prove that (he 

 tiger is not more bloodthirsty and has no more blood- 

 sucking propensities than the other great cats: and that 

 this blood-drinking habit is gross iled. 



Th. our or the cubs 



at a time : and she i- ..ud niother,'bra\ ing i 



them, and fnrioiislv attacking man ai 



their .I The anticnts knew this well. Sec Martial 



lib. iii.,Kpig. 4-J) : 



Noa ttgtii catulli citata raptit,' &c. ; 

 and Juvenal x//., \i.) : 



' Time grivlt III.i Tiro, tune orlx ligrMr |K-j.>r :' 



and though it is on record that I iinu-s 



devoured her cub, one should : this unna- 



tural act was done ill captivity. 



cats have done the same. Hut that in a state ol'ii 

 the maternal feeling i- .g in the tigress, tin i 



be no doubt. Captain U'illianison. for example, r 

 that tv.o tiger-cubs were brought to him when In 

 stationed in an Indian district. The country-people had 

 found four in th. --. The t 



to the put in a stable, where they made a 



loud noise . uiL'ht-. The bereaved nii.tlicr ar- 



rived at last, replying to their cries with fearful hou . 

 and tin . under the apprehension 



the infuriated tiirress might break in. In mg it 



ind that she had earned them away. 

 For an . ;lie hi/briil* between th. 



the aitiele I.iux, vol. xiv.. ; 

 ousilevic n put in requisition l 



annihilate this destructive quadruped, and we shall men- 

 tion one or two of them before we advert to the clmce i f 

 the animal upon a grander mei-ly 



d bv the ! 



d within the p- here their pov.cr and in- 



fluence ex' ' icwanl, hi.' conjointly 



with the poorer 



i) it. 

 A kind of spnng-bow was formerly luid. in its way and 



