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Entered according to Act of Congress, in June, 1867, by J. W. Burke & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia. Vol. I. THE TIGER. kind is the Tiger, but little inferior in size IUJ and strength to the lion, and surpassing it in ferocity and agility. It inhabits the jun gles of the Indus and the Ganges, and the adjacent islands in the Indian Ocean. It varies in length from four to ten feet; in height from two to four. It is more slender in form than the lion is, with a shorter and rounder head. But it is pe culiarly distinguished by its skin, which is of various shades of yellow, elegantly striped by transverse black bands or bars, which mark the sides of the head, neck and body, and are continued, in the form of rings upon its 1 tail, the last of which gives a black tip to the extremity. Some men went out one day to shoot game on an island called Ceylon. — After a while they got tired and sat down to rest them- selves and eat dinner, but they first made a large fire to keep away the wild beasts. By and by they heard a loud roar, and a tiger sprang among them, seized one of their number and carried him away into the bushes. The other men fired their guns at the tiger, but for nearly an hour they heard nothing moro of their poor companion, At last he came up to them covered with blood, and said that he had killed tho tiger, but ho was dreadfully MACON. Or A., JULY 27, 1867. wounded, and only lived two or three days. Tigers were formerly so abundant in India that they committed depredations upon the inhabitants in daylight, but ot late years they have been hunted so much by the European population, that they are less feared. The Hindoos do not hunt the tiger. They believe that after death their souls pass into tho bodies of animals, and that tho soul of some great narwab, or prince, inhabits the lordly tiger. They, therefore, entertain for it a superstitious rever ence, call it by the most honorable names, and en treat it to let them pass in safety. The tiger is sometimes tamed by the fakirs of In dia, and accompanies them in their rambles, but owing to the irritability of their temper, they are dangerous pets. They are also to be found in Zoological gardens and menageries, in nearly all civilized countries, con fined in cages, and some times, when taken young< and subjected to control from an early period of their lives, they are, to a certain decree, rendered tame; but O they are naturally treacher ous and cruel, and number less instances have occurred in which they have attacked their keepers in an unguard ed moment and mangled them in the most terrible manner. Some years ago, a young lady in Philadelphia visited the National Circus, where a large number of wild ani mals were on exhibition. She foolishly attempted to caress one of the tigers, which seized her by the lett arm and lacerated it in a most shocking manner before it could be made to let go its hold. So firmly were its jaws closed upon the limb that a crowbar had to be used to force its mouth open. Our engraving represents the royal Bengal tiger, the largest of his species, and one of the most beautiful of the ani mal tribe, No. 4r.