THE TIGER. 
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by means of pickets in some place 
tigers abound, a man provided with 
s In three short, strong spears, posts him- 
night. Being accompanied by a dog, 
leh gives the alarm on the approach of the 
a or by a goat which, by its agitation, 
the same purpose. 
the adventurer 
himself up in his quilt, and very com- 
Saf goes to sleep in full confidence of his 
ety. When a tiger comes, and, after smell- 
all round, begins perhaps to rear against 
^ ® cage, the man stabs him with one of the 
^ ^ars through the interstices of the wicker- 
^od rarely fails of destroying the assail- 
^ is commonly found dead at no great 
*®_fance in the mornine:. 
jj. oe usual method of hunting the tiger in 
^j^^'^dostan is with elephants. Such a hunt on 
^Pe ^ ^ truly extraordinary 
j '^^^ole. The tiger, being an excellent 
'’^ttier, takes to the water. The elephant 
