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at all other times, should not then molest them ; and 
we are assured, that although fed in the very heart 
of the town, they have seldom been known to do any 
mischief there. 
We shall conclude this account with a pleasant 
story related by Dr. Sparrman ; for the truth of 
which, however, he does not pretend to vouch; and 
if he did, we fear that some of his readers would be 
rude enough to doubt it. 
<<r One night, at a feast near the Cape, a trumpeter 
who had got himself well filled with liquor, was 
carried out of doors in order to cool and sober him. 
The scent of him soon attracted a tiger-wolf, which 
threw him on his back, and dragged him along with 
him like a corpse, and consequently a fair prize, up 
towards Table mountain. Mean time, however, our 
drunken musician awaked, sufficiently sensible to 
know the danger of his situation, and to sound the 
alarm with his trumpet, which he carried fastened 
to his side. The wild beast, as may easily be ima- 
gined, was not less frightened in his turn, and the 
trumpeter escaped.” 
It has been very properly remarked, that any but 
a trumpeter, in such a situation, would have fur- 
nished the animal with a supper. 
