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the tiger's den after his feeding, and he has in no 
instance attempted to injure them. Mr. E. Cross, 
the late keeper, informs me that the animal's do- 
cility is such, that bethinks he could himself with 
safety venture into the den. The ship carpenter, 
who came over with the tiger, after an absence ot 
more than two years, came to the tower to see him. 
The animal instantly recognized a former ac~ 
quaintance, rubbed himself backward and for- 
ward against the grating of his den, and appear- 
ed highly delighted. Notwithstanding the ur- 
gent request that he would not expose himself to 
the danger, the man begged to be let into the den 
with so much entreaty, that he was at last suffered 
to enter. The emotions of the animal seemed 
roused in the most grateful manner. He rubbed 
against him, licked his hands, fawned upon him 
like a cat, and in no respect attempted to injure 
him. The man remained here for two or three 
hours ; and he at last began to fancy there would 
be some difficulty in getting out alone. Such was 
the affection of the animal towards his former 
friend, and so close did he keep to his person, as 
to render his escape by no means so easy as he had 
expected. With some care, however, he got the 
tiger beyond the partition of the two dens, and the 
keeper watching his opportunity, closed the slide, 
and separated them. 
D’Obsonville seems of opinion that the tiger may 
be in some measure educated ; but that the Eastern 
nations deem it useless to make subservient to their 
amusement an animal, whose strength is the more 
dangerous from its natural gloomy ferocity, which, 
roused by certain circumstances, might be found to 
have been by no means eradicated. 
The method of the tiger’s seizing his prey, is 
by concealing himself from view, and springing, 
with a horrible roar, on his object, which he car- 
