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THE TIGrElt. 
obscure. Tigers are occasionally found al¬ 
most white. The head is well proportioned ; 
the eye is fierce and lively and has a scowling 
expression; the jaws are massive; the teeth, 
especially the canines, are very large, and 
the general expression extremely grim and 
ferocious. The whole figure of the tiger is 
elegant in its outlines; and nothing can ex¬ 
ceed the grace of all its movements, even 
when pacing to and fro in the narrow limits 
of a cage. We can easily imagine what 
they must be when the animal is at full 
liberty.” 
“I am afraid I should not appreciate his 
beauty in that case,” said Richard, laughing. 
“ On the whole, I prefer to see him in his 
cage.” 
“But wouldn’t you like to see one for 
once, Dick?” asked Sidney. “If you were 
in a safe place,—on the back of an elephant, 
for instance,—wouldn’t you like to see a 
tiger-hunt ?” 
“Yes, I suppose I should,” replied Rich¬ 
ard, “if I got engaged and excited about it. 
Is the tiger really as ferocious as he is said 
to be, aunt?” 
“I suppose,” said Miss Louisa, “that, 
