HOW I KILLED THE TIGER. IJ 



and nights, during which time I was lying in a 

 pool of water. I was then lifted on to my feet, 

 but I was as stiff as a poker. The lint was 

 then successfully extracted, and my wounds 

 dressed. From that time I became as if I were 

 paralysed, not having the power to move any 

 portion of my body, with the exception of my 

 right arm. Hectic fever also set in, and my 

 wounds suppurated extensively ; but for some few 

 days I was able to go through the performance 

 of being lifted out of bed morning and evening 

 to have my wounds dressed. In about ten days 

 time I complained of great pain across the lower 

 part of my back, which increased day by day. 

 The doctor probed the affected part, but without 

 any result. But it soon became evident that an 

 immense abscess was forming, supposed to be 

 from an internal bruise received in the fall when 

 the tiger came over on top of me. Bed sores 

 began to appear in various places on my back ; 

 several sinuses also formed at the wounds. A 

 water-bed was procured, but too late for the bed- 

 sores. I was getting worse daily, and could no 

 longer be lifted out of bed. The doctors pro- 

 nounced that in spite of my splendid constitution 

 it would be impossible for me to pull through. 

 The abscess increased rapidly, and extended all 

 down my right leg to my toes until the skin 



