IS A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ABCHIPELAGO. 



in a crowd. Its dislike to, and its courage in attacking, 

 the tiger ia well known all over India, 



Not long ago, as a Malayan boy, who was employed bj 

 Lis parents in herding some water-buffaloes, was driving 

 his chai'ge home by the borders of tlie jnngle; a tiger matlo 

 a sudden spring, and, seizing the lad by the tliigli, was 

 dragging him off, when two old bull buffaloes, hearing the 

 shriek of ilistress from the well-known voice of their little 

 attendant^ turned round and charged with their usual 

 rapidity, Tlie tiger^ thus closely pressed, w^as obliged to 

 drop Ilia prey, to defend hiniseli' While one buffalo 

 fought and succesafnlly drove the tiger away, the other 

 kept guard over the wounded boy. Later in the evening, 

 when the anxious father, alarmed, came out with attendants 

 to seek his child, he found that the wbole lierd, witli the 

 exception of the two old buffaloes, had dispersed them- 

 selves to feed, but that ihet^ were still there — one standing 

 over the bleeding l>ody of tlieir little friend, while the 

 other kept watch on tlie edge of the jungle for the return 

 of the tiger. 



There is a procession and much parade in bringing 

 these tigei'S to tho Govormnent office. They are made 

 to look k\& fierce as possible, propj>cd up in a standing 

 position by pieces of bamboo, the mouth open^ and tail 

 on end. 



The Governor kincAly presented me with this fallen 

 monaixih of the jnngle, and I was astonished at the 

 number of native volunteei's for the service of denuding 



