CARNIVOROUS QUADRUPEDS. 23 



Finding 1 the same anecdotes of Lions and Tigers repeated from book to book, the present 

 writer has in general avoided to reiterate what he conceived would in most instances prove to have 

 been already read : but he cannot wholly pass that in which a lady next to the Royal Tiger 

 himself was the principal figure ; more especially as it illustrates a fact of natural history not 

 useless for Oriental travellers to be acquainted with namely, the susceptibility of the Tiger of 

 sudden alarm. 



Some ladies and gentlemen being on a party of pleasure, under a shade of trees on the 

 banks of a river in Bengal, were suddenly surprised at seeing a Tiger ready to make its fatal 

 spring. One of the ladies, with amazing presence of mind, laid hold of an umbrella, and unfurling 

 it directly in the animal's face, it instantly retired. 



The following also confirms WILLIAMSON'S account of the Tigers Avhich are brought up tame 

 by some of the mendicant Indian priests who inhabit the banks of the Ganges. 



A beautiful young male Tiger was brought from China, some twenty years ago in the Pitt 

 East Indiaman : at the age of ten months it Avas so far domesticated, as to admit every kind of 

 familiarity from the people on board. It seemed to be quite harmless, and was as playful as a 

 kitten. It frequently slept with the sailors in their hammocks, and would suffer two or three of 

 them to repose their heads upon its back, as upon a pillow, whilst it lay stretched out upon the 

 deck. In return for this, it would, however, now and then steal their meat. Having one day 

 taken a piece of beef from the carpenter, he followed the animal, took the meat out of its mouth, 

 and beat it severely for the theft ; which punishment it suffered with all the patience of a clog. It 

 would frequently run out on the bowsprit ; climb about the ship like a cat ; and perform a number 

 of tricks with an agility that was truly astonishing. There was a Dog on board the ship, with 

 which it would often play in the most diverting manner. But it ought to be remembered at the 

 time this Tiger was taken on board the ship, it was only a month or six weeks old ; and when 

 arrived in this country, it had not quite completed a year. 



No. XX. 



THREE small LIONS, on a single Plate ; forming a sort of tail-piece, and bringing up the 

 rear of our carnivorous procession. 



This plate exhibits three different VARIETIES. THE LION OF SENEGAL, nearly in profile, 

 reclined, but under the influence of some slight degree of irritation ; the black-maned LION of 

 AFRICA ; and the common LIONESS of ASIA, regaling herself on a dead bird. 



