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(which he pointed out to us the following 

 day,) at a turn in the road, he suddenly came 

 on a tiger, which was tearing away at a 

 dead mule. The peon considered that retreat 

 was useless, and therefore advanced with his 

 drawn knife. The tiger approached, and on 

 coming close to him made one spring, leap- 

 ed quite over his head, and alighting on 

 his feet, walked leisurely up the pass. By 

 the appearance of the mule, the tiger must 

 have feasted plentifully, which, perhaps, may 

 account for his pacific proceeding. These 

 tigers, which are small, have never been 

 known to attack man; but will follow the 

 peons for days in hopes that they may die, 

 when they would devour them immediately. 

 One evening, whilst searching for firewood, I 

 found the bones of a poor fellow, who had 

 most probably met with such an end. 



Jan. 3d. At six, a. m., thermometer 52°. 

 The road extremely bad. Encountered a thun- 

 der-storm, with hail. Passed great quantities 

 of palm-trees, and came in sight of the para- 

 mos, or high mountains, covered with snow. 



Jan. 4th. At six, a. m., thermometer 49°. 

 Very ill during the night ; attacked with 



