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is now about 300l. ; whilst that of a Lioness is 

 not more than I OOl. 



THE TIGER 



The Tiger that I have described in vol. i. p. 2855 

 arrived in this country in the year 1790. He was 

 brought over^ when only ten months old, in the Pitt 

 East Indiaman, belonging to Mr. Alderman Macau- 

 ley, and given to Mr. Nepean, on condition that he 

 should be presented to the king, which was accor- 

 dingly done. He was afterwards deposited in the 

 Tower, where he still remains. I have already men- 

 tioned his extremely playful and gentle disposinon 

 whilst on board the vessel which brought him over, 

 and although he has now been kept in the Tower 

 near thirteen years, he still continues tame. He 

 has in no instance been guilty of any ill-natured or 

 mischievous tricks. He is called Harry, and to that 

 name answers all the commands of his keeper. 



In the year 1801, one day after the Tiger had 

 been fed, his keeper put into the den to him a small, 

 rough, black, Terrier puppy, a female. The beast 

 suffered it to remain uninjured, and soon afterwards 

 became so much attached to itj as to be very rest- 

 less and unhappy whenever the animal was taken 

 away to be fed. On its return the Tiger invariably 

 expressed the greatest symptoms of pleasure and de- 

 light, always welcoming its arrival by gently licking 

 over every part of its body. In one or two instan- 



* See vol. i. p. 283. 



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