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seemed to think it strange that so many beasts should have 

 been disposed of without loss of human life, or accident of 

 any sort. 



The five tigers made a goodly show as they lay in front of 

 our tent. Loud and noisy was the discussion over the slain, 

 and many and varied were the accounts given by our men of 

 the week's work ; while the principal actors, again ensconced 

 in their arm-chairs, quietly smoked the fragrant pipe, and 

 quaffed the beatific beverage of Bass, weakened with water, 

 sweetened with sugar, flashed with ginger, and vulgarly 

 known as " mug." 



