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grazing. He boldly ran to the man's assis- 

 tance, and cut the tiger severely with his 

 sword; upon which, he dropt the Biparie and 

 seized the herdsman : the buffaloes observing 

 it, attacked the tiger, and rescued the poor 

 man ; they tossed him about from one to the 

 other, and to the best of my recollection killed 

 him, but of that I am not quite positive. 

 Both of the wounded men were brought to 

 me; the Biparie recovered, and the Herds- 

 man died. 



An elderly man and his wife, (of the 

 lowest cast of Hindoos, called dooms, who 

 live chiefly by making mats and baskets,) 

 were each carrying home a bundle of wood, 

 and as they were resting their burdens on the 

 ground, the old man hearing a strange noise, 

 looked about and saw a tiger running off 

 with his wife in his mouth. He ran after 

 them and struck the tiger in his back, with a 

 small axe: the tiger dropt the wife, who was 

 soon after brought to me. One of her breasts 

 was almost entirely taken away, and the 



