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THE TIGER. 
formed of the immense strength of a 
which could thus run otf with a carcase 
than twice as large as itself. 
The tiger leaps upon his prey like the li^^’ 
frequently clearing more than twelve feet 
a spring. Such, we are told, is the tert^*^ 
with which he strikes other beasts, that 
sight of him the horse trembles all over, 
down, and resigns himself to his fate withoi'* 
attempting either to fight or fly. He nev'®’^ 
roars when near his prey, unless he be raV®' 
nously hungry. D’Obsonville describes b'® 
roar as particularly horrid. It begins, 
says, by intonations and inflections at fits*' 
deep, melancholy, and slow ; presently it b^' 
comes more acute, when the animal, suddefll/ 
collecting himself, utters a violent cry, intet' 
rupted by long tremulous sounds, which 
gether make a distracting impression up‘’f 
the mind. It is chiefly in the night that tbi^ 
is heard, when silence and darkness add 
