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^^diately discovering the cheat, she would 
it with great tenderness.” 
appears that the tiger, when taken 
^ourig^ may he rendered as docile as the lion. 
® are told that the fakeers, or mendicant 
J^^iests, of Hindostan, have their tame tigers, 
'^hich accompany them in their walks, and 
*^®tnain in the vicinity of their huts without 
^^nipting to escape : and the tigers in our 
Menageries appear, in general, to he under as 
^°*^plete control as any of the species of the 
trihe. 
^ heautiful young tiger, brought from 
Mna in the Pitt East Indiaman, at the age 
fen months was so far domesticated, as to 
^'^'^lit of every kind of familiarity from the 
people on hoard. He appeared to be quite 
^^oiless, and as playful as a kitten. He fre- 
^^ently slept with the sailors in their ham- 
and would suffer two or three of them 
^ lay their heads upon his back, as a pillow. 
