THE TIGER. 
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|*'^iiited of his meal, having carried off the 
®3.thern hag instead of the hearer; hut he 
^ade himself amends the following night hy 
^^izing one of the torchmen, with whom he 
^^^sently disappeared. 
The number of stragglers taken hy tigers 
a line of march, when troops are pro- 
!^®eding through a close country, would aston- 
persons not accustomed to such events. 
1807, two tigers appeared in the island of 
. ^Isette, and carried off nine persons. The 
^’i^bitants were firmly persuaded that these 
^^I'auders were not beasts, but two evil 
^P^rits disguised under the forms of a royal 
and tigress, with human faces and large 
^pld rings in their ears and noses. This opi- 
prevailed so strongly, that they would 
attempt to kill them, though a large re- 
Was offered for their destruction. 
The island of Cossimhazar was formerly 
^^’^ost depopulated and rendered uninhabit- 
