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Another party had not the fame good fortune: 
a tiger darted among them while they were at dinner, 
feized on one gentleman, and carried him off, and 
he never was more heard of. They attack all forts 
of animals, even the lion *, and it has been known 
that both have perifhed in their combats: there is- 
in fome parts of India a popular notion*, that the 
rhinoceros and the tiger are in fricndfhip, becaufe 
they are often found near each other : the fa6t is, the 
-rhinoceros, like the hog, loves to wallow in the 
mire ; and on that account frequents the banks of 
rivers ; the tiger, to quench its raging third:, is met 
with in places contiguous to them. 
Pliny has been frequently taken to talk by the 
moderns, for calling the tiger, animal tremendce ve- 
locitatis they allow it great agility in its bounds, 
but deny it fwiftnefs in purfuit: two travellers of 
authority, both eye-witneffes, confirm what Pliny 
fays •, the one indeed only mentions, in general its? 
vafl fleetnefs *, the other faw a tryal between one and 
a fwift horfe, whofe rider efcaped meerly by getting 
in time amidft a circle of armed men. The chafe 
of this animal was a favorite diverfion with the 
great Cam-hi, the Chinefe monarch, in whofe 
company our countryman, Mr. Bell , that faithfull 
traveller; and the Pere Gerbillon, faw thefe proofs 
of the tiger’s fpeed f. 
* Bontius, 
** Plinii , lib. viii. c. 18. 
f Be IPs Travels, II. 91. DuHalde , II. 343 * 
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