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dam of this individual had, it appears, made a nocturnal 
incursion into one of the towns of the district, from 
which she had carried off a large quantity of provisions. 
She was pursued and killed, and her three cubs were 
taken possession of by the conquerors in token of their 
victory and brought home in triumph. One of them, a 
female, died shortly after; the second, a male, is still 
living in the possession of a resident at Penang; and the 
third, the subject of the present article, also fell into the 
hands of a gentleman of that settlement, in whose pad- 
dock he was confined, in company with a pony and a 
dog, for upwards of twelve months, without evincing the 
least inclination to injure his companions or any one 
who approached him. By this gentleman he was pre- 
sented to Captain Glasspool, who brought him to Eng- 
land: on the voyage he was remarkably tame, allowing 
the sailors to play with him, and appearing to take much 
pleasure in their caresses. On being placed in his pre- 
sent den he was rather sulky for a few days; but seems 
now to have recovered his good temper, and to be per- 
fectly reconciled to his situation. The mildness of his 
temper may probably be in a great measure due to his 
having from a very early age been accustomed to boiled 
food; raw flesh never having been offered to him until 
after his arrival in the Menagerie. This change of food 
he seems particularly to enjoy, although he has by no 
means lost his appetite for soup, which he devours with 
much eagerness. Notwithstanding his immature age, 
Mr. Cops considers him the largest Tiger that he ever 
saw. 
The other individual at present in the Tower is a 
Tigress of great beauty from Bengal, scarcely a twelve- 
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