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former, would inevitably expose him to certain 
destruction from the claws and teeth of the latter. 
All animals of the dog tribe must be combated 
with might and main, and with unceasing exertion, 
in their attacks upon man : for, from the moment 
they obtain the mastery, they worry and tear their 
victim as long as life remains in it. On the contrary, 
animals of the cat tribe having once overcome their 
prey, they cease for a certain time to inflict further 
injury on it. Thus, during the momentous interval 
from the stroke which has laid a man beneath a 
lion, to the time when the lion shall begin to 
devour him, the man may have it in Jiis power to 
rise again, either by his own exertions, or by the 
fortuitous intervention of an armed friend. But 
then all depends upon quiet, extreme quiet, on the 
part of the man, until he plunges his dagger into 
the heart of the animal ; for if he tries to resist, he 
is sure to feel the Yorce of his adversary's claws and 
teeth with redoubled vengeance. Many years ago. 
Colonel Duff, in India, was laid low by the stroke of 
a Bengal tiger. On coming to himself he found 
the animal standing over him. Recollecting that 
he had his dirk by his side, he drew it out of the 
case in the most cautious manner possible, and by 
one happy thrust quite through the heart, he laid 
the tiger dead at his side. 
I will here mention a trivial row I once had with 
two dogs. It will tend to prove the advantage of 
standing up manfully when attacked by animals of 
the canine tribe ; and I will conclude with recount- 
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