WATER-BUFFALOES, 



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flight a party of Malays wbo were at work in tliat iicigh^ 

 bourliood. Before they could get clear of the juDgle, the 

 tiger — - a well-known bnitOj advanced in yeara, and 

 remarkable fi"om having large wliito spots — spraTig upon 

 one of them, selecting, of course, the fattest. When tlio 

 first shock of their friglit ivas over, they t timed on the 

 tiger, and, pursuing hini with their parongs (short swords), 

 made him drop hm prey, Imt not until the poor man waa 

 in the agonies of de*ith. The same tiger, however, deter- 

 mined not to he disappomted of his meal, that night carried 

 off a Chinaman at a short distance from the scone of his 

 moruing's exploits. In the coui-se of Uie following month, 

 at tlic same place, two Cliinamcn employed in sawing 

 timber were carried off. On the last occasion, the com- 

 rades of the victim, hearing his sliilcks, bravely rushed 

 out in a body to his assistance, as the tiger was dragging 

 lum towards tlie jungle ; but, itistead of droppmg his 

 prey and skulking oiF as he ought to have done, the brute, 

 greatly to their dismay, faced about and stood growling 

 over the body in a most ferocious manner ; and it was 

 not until ho had received a shower of stickB and stones 

 that he moved off. 



The water-buffalo is an animal much in use at 

 Sincaporo for purposes of draught It is a dull, heavy- 

 boking animal— slow at work, and I think disgusting 

 in appeamuce ; but remarkable for sagacity and attach- 

 ment to its native kcepci-s. It haa, however, a pai^fcLcular 

 antipathy to a European, aud will iumiudiatuly detect liim 



