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teririg them, a boy about twelve years old was 

 missing, we called loudly to him for a conside- 

 able time, and no answer being returned, I felt 

 alarmed for his safety ; however, after waiting 

 at least a quarter of an hour, he made his ap- 

 pearance running out of a small ravine straight 

 towards us, one of the completest spectacles of 

 terror that can possibly be imagined. It was 

 several Minutes before he could articulate a 

 word, and not until he had been relieved by a 

 copious flood of tears, [nee urinam coritinere 

 poterat,] He then informed us that he had 

 been knocked down, and ran over by a tre- 

 mendous large tiger, which he met as he was 

 passing through the ravine ; the animal had 

 not at all injured him; but the boy could 

 not describe how long he had lain on the 

 ground, or which way the tiger was gone. 

 To prevent his doing us any mischief, I dis- 

 charged my gun several times in the air, and 

 the people made a general shout, which had 

 the desired effect of driving the tiger out of the 

 small cover, and we saw him as he crossed a 

 plain, leading to deep ravines and heavy jun- 

 gle. 



