THE STAG. 1? 



Combat between a stag and tiger or ounce. 



it was ordered to be done; upon which, the 

 keepers proceeded very near the tiger, and did 

 as they were directed ; when immediately, with- 

 out attacking the deer, with a most furious and 

 elastic bound, he sprang at and cleared the toil- 

 ing that enclosed them ; landing amidst the cla- 

 mours, shouts, and affrighted screams of the mul- 

 titude; who fled in every direction, each male 

 and female individually thinking themselves the 

 destined victim of the monster's rage ; who, ne- 

 vertheless, regardless of their fears or their per- 

 sons, crossed the road, and rushed into the op- 

 posite wood ; where he fastened upon the haunch 

 of one of the fallow-deer, and brought it to the 

 ground. His keepers, to whom he was perfectly 

 familiarized, hesitated, for some time, to go near 

 him; at length, however, they summoned reso- 

 lution to approach, and, cutting the deer's throat, 

 separated the haunch which he had seized, and 

 led him away with it in his mouth." 



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