OF .lOAOtlUPEDS. 
15 
TIGER. 
The Tiger is in shape somewhat like the 
honcss. IIis body is elegantly marked with 
brown streaks, on a tawny ground The 
1’iger is very wild and fierce, exceedingly 
ravenous, and of prodigious swiftness: lie 
is therefore more to be dreaded than tlm 
lion. 
These animals are the scourge of every 
country which they inhabit. Of the appear- 
ance of man, and all his hostile weapons 
they are fearless. Wild animals as well as 
tunic ones, fall a sacrifice before them. 
Happy It IS for the rest of nature, that the 
l Iger is but rare, and is found only in those 
countries which are inhabited by the ele- 
phant, the rhinoceros, and the lion. 
