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former, would inevitably expose him to certain 

 destruction from the claws and teeth of the latter. 



All animals of the dog tribe must be combated 

 with might and main, and with unceasing exertion, 

 in their attacks upon man : for, from the moment 

 they obtain the mastery, they worry and tear their 

 victim as long as life remains in it. On the contrary, 

 animals of the cat tribe having once overcome their 

 prey, they cease for a certain time to inflict further 

 injury on it. Thus, during the momentous interval 

 from the stroke which has laid a man beneath a 

 lion, to the time when the lion shall begin to 

 devour him, the man may have it in his power to 

 rise again, either by his own exertions, or by the 

 fortuitous intervention of an armed friend. But 

 then all depends upon quiet, extreme quiet, on the 

 part of the man, until he plunges his dagger into 

 the heart of the animal ; for if he tries to resist, he 

 is sure to feel the force of his adversary's claws and 

 teeth with redoubled vengeance. Many years ago, 

 Colonel Duff, in India, was laid low by the stroke of 

 a Bengal tiger. On coming to himself he found 

 the animal standing over him. Recollecting that 

 he had his dirk by his side, he drew it out of the 

 case in the mort cautious manner possible, and by 

 one happy thrust quite through the heart, he laid 

 the tiger dead at his side. 



I will here mention a trivial row I once had with 



two dogs. It will tend to prove the advantage of 



standing up manfully when attacked by animals of 



the canine tribe ; and I will conclude with recount- 



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