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and furling it full in the animal's face, terrified it fo that it in- 

 ftantly retired. This lady afterwards fell into diftrefs, but was 

 gratefully relieved by the whole party, as each individual 

 might fuppofe that his particular exiftence might have been 

 owing to her. I am told that the tigers are fometimes plagued 

 with flies, which fettle about their eyes, and frequently make 

 them almoft blind : Thefe wander remote from their ufual 

 haunts, and give themfelves up to deftruiflion. Large rewards 

 are given for deftroying of tigers in general ; the fkins, the 

 claws, and the teeth, are articles of exportation. 



The colors of thefe animals differ to their age or ftate of Color of. 

 health; the ground color of a young or vigorous bead is almoft 

 of a brilliant orange ; the black intenfe, and the little w^hite it - 

 has is moft pure. In old or fickly beafts the black is dull, and 

 the yellow fades to a fandy hue. 



An animal of the panther or leopard kind, of a deep black 

 color, with the fpots of a more intenfe black, was taken in thefe 

 forefts, and added to the menagery in the tower of London by 

 Mr. Hajlings. By the fize and ftrength it more probably merits 

 the name of panther than leopard. An animal of the laft fpe- 

 cies, of a dirty white color, fp.otted with grey, taken near Jgra^ 

 was prefented to Jebangir. It is fingular that in the Torrid 

 Zone many more inftances of the accident of white animals 

 Ihould have been found, for it is recorded that the fame emperor 

 had CtQU an antelope, a hawk, a crow, a partridge, a quail, and 

 a peacock of that color. 



The one-horned Rhinoceros is very common in thefe iflands, Rhinoceros. 

 it loves forefts and fwampy places, and is a frequent concomi- 

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