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accompanied his progress. The united agonies 
of Ji error, regret, and fear., rushed at once upon 
us. I fired on the tiger ; he seemed agitated. 
My companion fired also ; and in a few moments af- 
ter this, our unfortunate friend came up to us, bath- 
ed in blood. Every medical assistance was vain ; 
and he expired in the space of twenty-four hours, 
having received such deep wounds from the teeth 
and claws of the animal, as rendered his recovery 
hopeless. A large fire* consisting of ten or twelve 
whole trees, was blazing near us at the time this 
accident took place, and ten or more of the na- 
tives were with us. The human mind can scarce- 
ly form any idea of this scene of hortor! We 
had but just pushed our boat from this accursed 
shore, when the tigress made her appearance, al- 
most raging mad, and remained on the sand all the 
while wc continued in sight." 
On the borders of Tartary, Tigers are very fre- 
quent ; and in so populous an empire as China, 
where it would seem impossible for them to have 
remained till the present day unextirpated. In the 
Northern roads, hundreds of travellers are seen 
with lanterns carried before them, to secure them 
from these ravenous animals. In some parts of 
India, they are particularly fatal to wood-cutters 
and labourers about the forests ; and they have 
been known to swim to boats at anchor at a little 
distance from the shore, and snatch the men 
from aboard. In Java, they are much dreaded, 
from their very frequently carrying off the' travel- 
ling inhabitants. When any person of conse- 
quence goes out into the country, he has with him 
nicn, who blow incessantly a kind of small French- 
horns, the shrill sound of which frightens these 
creatures entirely away. The hunting of tigers 
is a favourite amusement with some of the Eastern 
princes ; who go in search of them, attended by 
