THE STORY OF THE TIGER. 
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WOUNDED TIGER PREPARING TO SPRING. 
(Snapshot taken in the jungle from the back of an elephant.) 
enormous size and savage ferocity, was esteemed a worthy adversary for the 
former animal. 
For a few moments after being admitted to the arena the two gigantic 
beasts observed one another with gleaming eyeballs and open mouths; then 
Kagra, the popular favorite, owing to his previous victories, began to' steal 
with cat-like motion and constantly agitated tail toward his adversary, who 
stood regarding him, evidently prepared for a spring. At length, with a 
assembled concourse await the entrance of the ferocious combatants upon the 
arena. On one occasion public interest had been wrought up to' the highest 
pitch by numerous accounts of the warlike achievements and almost unrivaled 
strength of the tigers who were that day to- be opposed to one another in the 
great arena. The one, a monster who had been the victor in several engage¬ 
ments already, had long been a popular favorite on account of his prowess; the 
other had been recently captured among the jungles, and, on account of his 
