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attacked the tiger, and rescued the poor man ; 

 they tossed him about from one to the other, and, 

 to the best of my recollection, killed him ; but of 

 that I am not quite positive. Both of the wounded 

 men were brought to me ; the Biparie recovered, 

 but the herdsman died. 



A elderly man and his wife, (of the lowest cast 

 of Hindoos, called dooms, who live chiefly by 

 making mats and baskets,) were each carrying 

 home a bundle of wood ; and as they were resting 

 their burdens on the ground, the old man hearing 

 a strange noise, looked about and saw a tiger run- 

 ning off with his wife in his mouth. He ran after 

 them, and struck the tiger in his back with a small 

 axe : the tiger dropped the wife, who was soon 

 after brought to me. One of her breasts was al- 

 most entirely taken away, and the other much la- 

 cerated : she had also several deep wounds in the 

 back of her neck ; by which I imagine the tiger 

 struck at her with his two fore paws ; one on the 

 neck, and the other on the breast : this, if I may 

 judge from the number I have seen wounded, is 

 their usual way of attacking men. The old wo- 

 man was six months under my care, and at last 

 recovered. 



As an old Mahometan priest was travelling at 



