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THE TIGER 
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Moorwarra, where they remained for nearly a month, 
at the expiration of which they recovered. The 
seizure by the claws was effected without the shock 
of a blow. 
This serious accident was entirely due to a hollow 
bullet: if a solid bullet had struck a tiger in the 
same place it would have carried away a portion of 
the spine, and the animal would have been paralysed 
upon the spot. 
In the absence of a dependable elephant we 
should have been helpless, and the tiger might have 
wounded or killed many others. 
