THE TIGER. 
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Were both very tame towards the keeper 
his wife. The latter, having once caress- 
the lion for a considerable time, the lioness 
®^i’ved it with evident tokens of displeasure, 
showed an inclination to break through 
grating to get at the woman. The door 
the 
of 
h, 
Communication between the two cages, not 
properly secured, unluckily gave way ; 
0 the lioness, darting at the woman, would 
h. 
sacrificed her to her jealous fury, had 
the lion interposed and defended her. 
THE TIGER. 
"^He tiger, commonly called the royal tiger, 
^ Confined to the hot countries of Southern 
Westward of the Indus, and extending 
jJ^*^thward to China. No country, however, 
^0 much infested with tigers as Hindostan, 
Oo part of that peninsula so much as the 
