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impede its ordinary swiftness. One blow 
Its fore-leg is sufficient to break the leg 
^ horse or even a buffalo. 
^ ^oine conception of the strength of the tiger 
V be formed from the following circum- 
■ — A buffalo belonging to a peasant fell 
Sg ^ ^ quagmire, and, the united efforts of 
®fal men to extricate him proving ineffec- 
the owTier went to seek further assist- 
During his absence a prodigious tiger 
and drew out the animal. 
— When the 
returned, the first thing they saw w'as 
tiger with the buffalo thrown over his 
^ ^ulder as a goose is by a fox : he was car- 
him off, with his feet upwards, to his 
As soon as he perceived the men, he 
j^'^Pped his prey and fled to the woods : but 
^ad previously killed the buffalo and sucked 
blood. When it is considered that the 
frequently grows to twice the size of 
^ ordinary cattle, some notion may be 
