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paratively cheap price to pay for saving his 

 life, which was mainly owing to the wonderful 

 coolness of himself and his friend. 



From his narrative of the event, it appears 

 that as soon as A. had closed the window, the 

 tiger (who must have been all the time lying 

 close by them) landed in the verandah with a 

 mighty spring, and seized B. by the hand. He, 

 with wonderful coolness, at once, on being 

 seized, made no effort to extricate the limb, 

 though the pain must have been excruciating, 

 but, quietly rising, followed the tiger's move- 

 ments, and actually walked some way by his 

 side, with his hand in the brute's mouth, until A. 

 by his prompt and determined action released 

 him. 



I regret being unable to give the names of the 

 parties concerned, but my brother tells me he 

 can vouch for the truth of the story, the events of 

 which caused a great sensation at the time, only 

 a few months ago. 



It may not here be out of place to say a few 

 words regarding the measurements of tigers. We 

 constantly hear of twelve and thirteen feet tigers. 

 This is all nonsense. A ten-feet tiger is an enor- 

 mous brute. Nine feet five inches is the biggest 

 I have ever seen, and nine feet four inches is 

 about the average of a full-grown male, and about 



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