stacle to her wishes; and after treating her for 

 some time with harshness and even cruelty, she 

 one night took occasion to quarrel with her for 

 some trifling fault, and fairly turned her out of 

 doors. The poor girl seated herself on a stone 

 near the house, and endeavoured to beguile the 

 time by singing — 



6 Ho-day, poor me, O \ 

 Poor me, Sarah Winy an, O ! 

 They call me neger, neger ! 

 They call me Sarah Winy an, O ! * 



But her song was soon interrupted by a loud rush- 

 ing among the bushes ; and the growling which 

 accompanied it announced the approach of the 

 dreaded Tiger. She endeavoured to secure herself 

 against his attacks by climbing a tree: but it seems 

 that Tiger had not been suspected of Obeahism 

 without reason ; for he immediately growled out 

 an assurance to the girl, that come down she must 

 and should! Her aunt, he said, had made her 

 over to him by contract, and had turned her out 

 of doors that night for the express purpose of 

 giving him an opportunity of carrying her away. 

 If she would descend from the tree, and follow 

 him willingly to his own den to wait upon him, he 

 engaged to do her no harm ; but if she refused to 

 do this, he threatened to gnaw down the tree with- 

 out loss of time, and tear her into a thousand 

 pieces. His long sharp teeth, which he gnashed 

 occasionally during the above speech, appeared 



