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other much lacerated: she had also several 

 deep wounds in the back of her neck; by 

 which I imagine the tiger struck at her with 

 his two fore paws ; one on the neck, and the 

 other on the breast this, if I may judge from 

 the number I have seen wounded., is their 

 usual way of attacking men. The old wo- 

 man was six months under my care, and at last 

 recovered. 



As an old mahometan Priest was travelling 

 at mid-day on horseback within a few miles 

 of Chittrah, with his son, an athletic young 

 man walking by his side, they heard a tiger 

 roaring near. them. The son urged his father 

 to hasten on; the old man continued at a 

 slow pace, observing, that there was no dan- 

 ger, the tiger would not molest them. He 

 then began counting his beads, and offering 

 his prayers to the Almighty. In the act of 

 which he was knocked off his horse, and car- 

 ried away by the tiger; the son ran after 

 them and cut the tiger with his sword; he 

 dropped the father seized the son, and car- 

 ried him off. The father was brought to 



