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melted from the warmth of the wooden floor, he 
slipped and before he could again regain his feet, 
the wolves had him, and he either died there or 
shortly after his arrival at the hospital. 
Only recently there has been exhibited a very 
fine film from the Gloria Film Company, Turin, 
Ialy, entitled, "The Pearl of the Ganges,' in which 
two wonderfully It'ame Tigers play prominent 
parts. 
I was at the Alexandra Palace many years 
ago, the day following that on which a Tiger 
trainer was pluckily saved from a serious, if not 
fatal, accident by his wife who, when a Tiger 
was springing on him in the arena performance, 
broke the flight of *the furious animal by waving 
a flag in its face. At the show that I attended I 
sat next toi this courageous lady, but it is needless 
to state that the Tigers did not appear that aflfter- 
noon. Poor Helen Blight, in the early fifties of 
the nineteenth century, at Greenwich Fair, was 
not so fortunate; the Tiger which she had impru- 
dently struck with a riding whip, sprang at her 
thriat and killed her in the presence of the horri- 
fied spectators. She was one of the three "Lion 
Queens" in one of the three menageries into which 
Womb well's noted collection was divided on the 
death of George Wombwell, the original pro- 
prietor. The other two of this trio> of "Lion 
Queens" were Miss Hilton and Miss Nellie Chap- 
man, of ihe latter of which I hope to say more of 
in my next article. 
A trainer whom I had a conversation with at 
Wombwell 's, and who used to 1 perform with a 
couple of Tigers, told me that the animals would 
so often fight after their performance in the cage 
whilst he was still in with them. I told him that 
it must have been dangerous for him. "No," he 
sasid, "not dangerous but it makes W> awkward 
for my leaving" the cage as they always fight just 
before the door." This fighting" I put down to 
jealousy between the principal animal and the 
understtudy. Sometimes this may be seen at Bos- 
tock's "White City" Menagerie, where the ani- 
mals when they have come back to theiri cages 
after the arena performance will engage in a short 
melee, which can be put down to the same cause. 
Jealousy amongst animal performers is as common 
as ilt j is sometimes between the human understudy 
and the principal actor and actress, but shown 
more openly. 
Of the cowardness of the Tiger in its native 
jungle, I have mentioned before, but it may be 
new to readers to know tha',t in the tiger infested 
parts of India native women when they are busy 
with their domestic duties, place their youag ones 
on the backs of the tame native cattle, which ani- 
mals make excellent nurses, and wander at will 
in the high jungle grass with their charges, the 
mothers knowing that they are perfectly safe, as 
Vhe Tigers have a wholesome dread of the cattle's 
formidable horns. 
I close this article with an interesting anec- 
dote in which the Tiger is conspicuous by its 
absence with the exception of a bare line. A lady 
of my acquaintance, whose husband many years 
ago held a prominent position in Australia, spent 
with him, the lady then not out of her teens, a 
short holiday in India, and together with a party 
of several young men and ladies, went for a ride 
in the jungle near the hotel where they were stay- 
ing at, accompanied only by two natives. In the 
course of their ride the daring party met two well 
grown Tiger cubs, the Tigeress happily for the 
party, being absent, and also an elephant and her 
calf, 'the two latter of which, both of which were 
wild, came up and ate out of either their hats or 
their hands, whilst the snakes they saw were too 
numerous to count. About feeding the elephant's, 
I have her word which, knowing her, I should be 
sorry to doubt. Elephants, as we well know, are 
grass animals, and are equally endowed with as 
much curiosity as horses or domestic cattle, both 
of which are grass feeders. As both These classes 
of animals, if you keep yourself perfectly still, 
will come up and feed from you, it stands to rea- 
son that the elephant would do the same. On 
complimenting my friend upon her bravery, even 
if it was risky for 'the fearless party to do riding 
practically unattended in this jungle, I said how 
I should like to see her in the arena and to be 
with her there by her side. "Oh," she said, "I 
should be afraid." "What do; you think that you 
would be afraid of?" I asked. "Not of the ani- 
mals, but of the bars. !" Of the many people 
those bars have frightened, it would be hard to 
sav. 
ORANG-OUTANG v. MAN. 
FIERCE FIGHT ON TREE. 
From "Indian Daily News," 26th March, 1916. 
Considerable excitement prevailed on Thurs- 
day morning in the premises of the Kyd Street 
Court, when Mr. Keays and several persons — liti- 
gants and others — witnessed a fierce fig'ht between 
a large sized ape and an Indian on the top of a 
tall cocoanut tree. The ape is said to be the prop- 
erty of Mr. David Ezra residing at No. 3>, Kyd 
Street, and had been newly added to his big col- 
lection of animals and birds. On the afternoon 
of the previous day the ape got loose and imme- 
diately climbed a large sized tamarind tree* 
Every effort at coaxing- and offering fruit was 
made, but as the tree had a big supply of ripe 
tamarind the ape found no difficulty in resisting 
the temptation. The ape, which has a coat of a 
rich golden colour and is apparently very valua- 
ble, was allowed to pass the night in the bed which 
