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breast, that his chance of living was but small. He could 

 not speak. After a short time spent in reeking their 

 cowardly vengeance on the tiger, his Hindoo companions 

 said that they had quite enough of hunting tigers on foot, 

 and that they would take the wounded man back to Elaw 

 as quickly as possible. Mr. Barrill agreed with them that 

 it was the best course they could pursue, and gave them 

 the skin of the tiger to take with them as a kind compen- 

 sation for their fright. They constructed a rude litter of 

 branches, on which they laid their wounded companion 

 then skinned the tiger cutting off his head while our 

 Parsees were skinning the lion, and then bade us adieu. 



The lion was not as large as those we had killed in 

 Africa His skin was of a yellowish hue, the* mane being 

 some shades deeper. In other respects, there seemed to 

 be no difference between the lions of Asia and Africa. 

 The tiger was a beautiful animal, the skin being striped 

 as splendidly as that of .the African zebra. The form 

 resembled that of the common cat. The eyes were of a 

 greenish grey color, having a ferocious glare and the 

 appearance of the teeth and claws was enough to send a 

 thrill of terror through a person of timid nerves. The roar 

 of this monster, which was the first intelligence of his pre- 

 sence we had received, resembled that of the lion, but was 

 not so deep and grand. When enraged as it was during the 

 conflict with the lion, it makes a shrill cry which pierces 



