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cause was discovered. Not long before this, 

 he must have struck at a porcupine, as several 

 of the quills were still remaining between the 

 joints of one of his fore feet; which was swoln 

 greatly, and must have given him excruciating 

 pain. This I suppose made him quit the 

 covers for the open country, and accounts for 

 his being so furious. 



Of the few people that I have knovf n sur- 

 vive after having been wounded by tigers, the 

 two following were the most extraordinary 

 cases. 



Two Biparies* were driving a string of 

 loaded bullocks to Chittrah from Palamow ; 

 when they were come within a few miles of 

 the former place, a tiger seized on the man 

 in the rear, which was seen by a Guallah 

 [Herdsman] as he was watching his buffaloes 



* Bipar signifies merchandise, and Biparies are people 

 who buy grain and other articles, which they transport 

 from one part of the country to another on bullocks. 



