position in which the captive lay on the tigress's back. She went through the jungle grass much faster than the elephants could, so that the party soon lost sight of their prey: yet they were enabled to trace her by her track; and, as a forlorn hope, they resolved to follow on, to see if it were possible to save the remains of their friend from being devoured by the ferocious animal. As they proceeded the traces grew fainter and fainter, until at length, bewildered in the heart of the jungle, they were at length about to give up the search in despair, when all at once they came most unexpectedly upon the objects of their pursuit. To their infinite astonishment they beheld the tigress lying dead upon the long jungle grass, still griping fast the limb of their unfortunate companion in her tremendous jaws; whilst he, though still sensible, was unable, from loss of blood, to reply to the questions put to him. To extricate his leg from the creature's mouth they found impossible, without first cutting off her head. This, therefore, was immediately done, and the jaws being separated, the fangs were drawn out of the

wounds; and as one of the party providentially happened to be a surgeon, the patient was properly attended to, and the party had the great pleasure of returning with their friend rescued from this most perilous situation, and with hopes of his recovery. He was taken to the nearest bungalow, and, by the aid thus afforded, was in a short time enabled to see his friends, when he explained to them the means by which he had been preserved.

"For some time after the animal had seized him it appeared that he had continued insensible, being stunned by the fall, faint from the loss of blood, and the excruciating pain which her fangs inflicted. When he came to himself, he discovered that he was lying on the back of the tigress, who was trotting along at a pretty smart pace through the jungle, whilst at times his face and hands received the most violent scratches from the thorns and bushes through which she dragged him. He gave himself up as lost, considering that not the least glimpse of hope remained, consequently determined to lie still and wait the

issue, when it struck him that he had a pair of pistols in his girdle, with which he might yet destroy his captor. After several attempts, which, from his weakness, proved ineffectual, he at length succeeded in drawing one of them from his belt, and directed it at the animal's head. He fired, but the only effect it seemed to produce was, that after giving him an angry shake, by which she made the fangs meet more closely in his flesh, her pace was quickened. From the agonizing pain this caused he again fainted, and remained unconscious of what was passing for some minutes. However, recovering, he determined to try the effect of another shot in a different place. Drawing the remaining pistol from his girdle, and pointing the muzzle under the bladebone of the shoulder, he once more fired; the tigress fell dead in a moment, and neither howled nor struggled after she fell.

"But he was not yet out of danger. He had not the power to call for aid, and consequently, though he heard his friends approaching, he feared they might pass the spot without observing where he lay. Happily, however, it proved otherwise, and

Under medical care he

thus his life was saved. recovered from his wounds; and though, from the thigh being so dreadfully torn by the fangs of the tigress, he afterwards suffered from lameness, yet he had abundant reason to be thankful for being thus providentially preserved."

"There appears to be no greater difficulty in rendering the tiger docile than the lion. As the sovereign of Persia has his tame lions, so have the faquirs, or mendicant priests of Hindostan, their tame tigers.

"These will accompany them in their walks, and remain without attempting to escape in the neighbourhood of their huts. The tigers of the English menageries appear, with a few exceptions, to be ordinarily under as complete control as the lion.” *

A beautiful young tiger was brought from China in 1790, and became so far domesticated during his passage home, as to be quite the pet of the ship's crew. It frequently slept with the sailors in their hammocks, and would allow them * Knight's Menagerie.

to lay their heads upon him as a pillow. There was a dog on board, with which it used to play in the most diverting way, and it would run and climb about the ship quite like a young kitten. This animal was about six weeks old when taken on board, and arrived in England just as it had completed its first year. On its arrival it was presented to the King, and placed in the Tower of London. It continued to be perfectly goodnatured, and was never known to be guilty of any savage or mischievous tricks. In the year 1801, one day after the tiger had been fed, his keeper put into the den to him a small rough black terrier, a female. The beast suffered it to remain uninjured, and soon afterwards became so much attached to it, as to be restless and unhappy whenever the animal was taken away to be fed. On its return the tiger invariably expressed the greatest symptoms of delight, always welcoming its arrival by gently licking over every part of its body. In one or two instances the terrier was left in the den, by mistake, during the time the tiger had his food. The dog sometimes ventured