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THE TIGER. 
forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evening 
shall spoil them; a leopard shall watch over 
their cities: every one that goeth out shall 
be torn in pieces.’ That seems something 
like it, does it not?” 
“ Very much,” replied Miss Louisa; “and, 
though I have never heard this habit attri¬ 
buted to the leopard, it may very probably 
belong to him, as he resembles the tiger in 
so many other respects.” 
“ There is nothing said about tigers in the 
Bible, that I remember,” said Sidney. 
“No; and it appears that this animal was 
unknown to the Jews, as it was to the Greeks 
and the Romans, until quite a late day. 
Augustus had a tame tiger, which was the 
first one known to his countrymen; and, 
about forty years later, Claudius exhibited 
four at one time. A beautiful mosaic, which 
was dug up not long since at Rome, repre¬ 
senting four tigers, is supposed to have been 
made in commemoration of this grand dis¬ 
play. In the later days of the empire, 
tigers were not uncommon in the shows; 
and it is said that the bones of one were 
found in the ruins at Pompeii.” 
