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placed in the midft of a large inclofure. One of them 

 was fuffered to approach the Tiger, which was confined 

 by cords, and received two or three heavy blows from 

 the trunk of the Elephant upon its back, which beat it 

 to the ground, where it lay for fome time as if it were 

 dead : But, though this attack had a good deal abated its 

 fury, it was no fooner untied, than, with a horrible roar, 

 it made a fpring at the Elephant's trunk, which that ani- 

 mal dexteroufly avoided by drawing it up ; and, receiving 

 the Tiger on its tufks, threw it up into the air. The 

 two Elephants were then allowed to come up; and, after 

 giving it feveral heavy blows, would undoubtedly have 

 killed it, if an end had not been put to the combat. — 

 Under fuch reftraints and difadvantages, we cannot won- 

 der that the iflue was unfavourable to the Tiger. "We 

 may however, by this, judge of its great ftrength and 

 fiercenefs, — that, after being difabled by the firft attack 

 of the Elephant, whilft it was held by its cords, it would 

 venture to continue fuch an unequal engagement. 



We are happy in being able to prefent our curious 

 readers with an engraving of this rare animal, drawn 

 from the life, from a Tiger that was exhibited at New- 

 caftle in 1787, and was generally allowed to be one of 

 the fineft creatures of its kind ever feen in England. 

 The beautiful bars of black with which every part of its 

 body was ftreaked, are accurately copied : The colour of 

 the ground was yellow, deeper on the back, and foften- 

 ing by degrees towards the belly, where it was white •, as 

 were alfo the throat and infides of the legs : A white 

 fpace, fpotted with black, furrounded each eye ; and on 

 each cheek, a ftripe of the fame colour extended from 

 the ears to the throat. It was nearly the fame height as 

 the Lion ; and was of the larged fpecies of the Tiger, 



