TIGER. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Felis Tigris. F. cauda elongata, corpore maculis omnibus vir- 
gatis. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. l.p. 76. 
Tail long, body marked with, dark-coloured 
streaks. 
Felis flava, maculis longis nigris variegata. Briss. 
Quadr. p. 195. 
Tiger. . . . Sm. Buff. v. 5 . p. 153. pi. 112. Penn. Hist. 
Quadr. ed. 3. v. 1. p. 277- Bew. Quadr. 
p. 186. Shaw Gen. Zool. pi. 83. 
Some animals are formed to live with man, to be 
serviceable to him, and to depend upon him for 
their support ; while others are created to range in 
woods and deserts, to live by rapine, and to be the 
terror of all who approach them. The care of Pro- 
vidence does not appear less admirable in the mild- 
ness it infuses into animals who live for the benefit 
and support of mankind, than in the preservation 
of all those savage beasts it nourishes in rocks and 
solitudes, without folds or pasture, without maga- 
zines, or any assistance from man, but rather in 
opposition of all his endeavours to destroy them : 
and yet, with all these disadvantages, they are bet- 
ter accommodated with every necessary, have more 
