THE TIGER. 
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horror, and the roarings are repeated by 
echoes of the mountains. 
I'errin styles the tigers the guardacostas of 
Ganges, from the vigilance with which 
. y Watch vessels sailing up and down the 
hver. The crews of boats are always pro- 
''^^ed with hatchets, for the purpose of chop- 
off the enormous paws of the tigers when 
set them on the gunwale. We are as- 
that, let the crew of a boat be ever so 
^^Hierous, if there happens to be a single 
among them, the ferocious beast selects 
, ® latter in preference to all the rest, pro- 
j^^ly attracted by the peculiar smell arising 
the skin of the natives. 
^lie tiger appears to prefer human flesh to 
^*^y other prey, and takes all opportunities of 
^atifyijjg this taste, even in defiance of a 
^*^§0 company. In this manner the unfortu- 
’^^■te son of Sir Hector Munro, 
killed in 1792 by a tiger on Sangar island. 
