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HABITS OF THE TIGER. 
of thinking this might seem a matter of small 
consequence. Other instances have been 
known of a strong attachment growing up 
between a man and a tiger. At one time 
there was in the Tower of London a tigress 
of great beauty, which had been allowed 
to range freely about the vessel in which 
she was brought over, and had become at¬ 
tached to many of the sailors, especially 
to one who was her especial keeper and 
feeder. On her arrival in the Thames and 
at the Tower, the bustle and noise in the 
neighbourhood produced such an effect 
upon her that she became very savage and 
sulky; and the man who had charge of 
the animals in the Tower, was unwilling to 
permit her former keeper, who came to see 
her, to enter her den. As soon, however, 
as the tigress perceived him, she fawned 
upon him, licked his hands and his face, 
and showed the most extravagant signs 
of joy, and, after her friend left her, cried 
and whined for the remainder of the day.” 
How uncomfortable it must be to live 
in the midst of such creatures!” said Annie. 
“I think if I were in the neighbourhood 
of a tiger I should never go out of the 
