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i 76 A Relation of the Czmtick-Country;
?r IV; bre, Wild Hogs, and somctimes Wild Cows. Going in quest where-
of, one of our Soldiers, a Youth, Killed a Tigre-Royal; it was
brought home by Thirty or Forty Cotnfces, the Body tied to a long
Bamboo, the Tail extended; so they brought it to the House,
where we law 'twas Wounded in Three Plzcc?, one through the
Head with Two Bullets, another through the Body Hinting up to
the Shoulders, a Third in the Leg; it was a Tigre of the Biggest
and Noblest Kind, Five Feet in Length beside the Tail, Threeandan
half in Height, it was of a light Yellow, streaked with Black,
like, a Tabby Cat, the Ears short, with a few Bristles about the
Lips; the Visage Fierce and Majeflick, the Teeth gnashing, Two
of which (he brake against the Stones for anguish, the Shoulders and
Fore-legs thick and well set, the Paw as Large as the biggest Fist
stretched out, the Claws thick and strong.
The Boy Shot it in the Night from a Cboasesit EJiarzo,as it came to
Drink, supposingit tohavebeenaDuer; the first Shot was that under
the Shoulder, which made her Spring Three times an incredible
Height,at the last of which she fell into the Chouse srom whence me law
the Fiash, where with the £«£///£ Boy were aCemBy, and a Comhy Boy
of Eight Year old, asleep a little on one side; she pawed the Straw
with her Feet, while all but the Child 3ssjcp ssed; but being wrung
by her Pain, she soon left the place with an horrible Noise that made
the Woods tremble, all which awaked not the Lad, nor had it any
Harm.
In this interval, the Bnglijh Youth Charged again with a couple of
Slugs, and tracing the Blood, as ssie was making at him, discharged
through the Brain-pan, at which she was quiet j but to make sure,
he made another shot at her, which he believed was that in the Leg:
All this time the Moon was Obscured and Cloudy ; the Comby that
had left him and his Son, at length came with a many more, calling
Frhigi, the Term they have for Europe-Men and Franks; the Boy
was walking about, fearing to venture within reach, till at last laying
aside his well-advised Suspicion, he approaching, found the Terror
of the Wood Slain.
Disrobed of its Royal Hide, Two Bones of the Bigness and Figure
of a Levator, presented themfclves to our view, that had no Connexi-
on with the other Bones, but wholly immersed in the FIcsh per sy-
sarcasin, in the ends of each Pectoral , and the Three circumducing
Muscles, towards the joining of the Shoulder-blades, and the upper
Bones of the Fore-feet, commonly called Shoulder-bones; of these
there goes a Story handed by Tradition, as that Licking the Right
Shoulder it appeases Hunger, the Lest it whets it where these Bones
lie; but probable enough it is, that Nature added these for its greater
Strength; The Entrails were little variable, but the Heart was
mighty, and the Liver (they say) had as many Lobes as that was
Years old, which were Six and an half, like to a Foxes.
The Chief, to encourage the Lad, told him, That though he were
a Boy, he had done a Manly Action, and therefore according to the
Custom of the Country, in presence of all his Admirers, he plucked off
his own Coat, which was Venetian Cloath of Silk and Silvcr,and gave
it him. The Great Qmbrabsalways dothelike upon any hazardous
Atchievments,
Two Bones.
bound in the
Shoulders im-
mersed in the
Flelh, .
?r IV; bre, Wild Hogs, and somctimes Wild Cows. Going in quest where-
of, one of our Soldiers, a Youth, Killed a Tigre-Royal; it was
brought home by Thirty or Forty Cotnfces, the Body tied to a long
Bamboo, the Tail extended; so they brought it to the House,
where we law 'twas Wounded in Three Plzcc?, one through the
Head with Two Bullets, another through the Body Hinting up to
the Shoulders, a Third in the Leg; it was a Tigre of the Biggest
and Noblest Kind, Five Feet in Length beside the Tail, Threeandan
half in Height, it was of a light Yellow, streaked with Black,
like, a Tabby Cat, the Ears short, with a few Bristles about the
Lips; the Visage Fierce and Majeflick, the Teeth gnashing, Two
of which (he brake against the Stones for anguish, the Shoulders and
Fore-legs thick and well set, the Paw as Large as the biggest Fist
stretched out, the Claws thick and strong.
The Boy Shot it in the Night from a Cboasesit EJiarzo,as it came to
Drink, supposingit tohavebeenaDuer; the first Shot was that under
the Shoulder, which made her Spring Three times an incredible
Height,at the last of which she fell into the Chouse srom whence me law
the Fiash, where with the £«£///£ Boy were aCemBy, and a Comhy Boy
of Eight Year old, asleep a little on one side; she pawed the Straw
with her Feet, while all but the Child 3ssjcp ssed; but being wrung
by her Pain, she soon left the place with an horrible Noise that made
the Woods tremble, all which awaked not the Lad, nor had it any
Harm.
In this interval, the Bnglijh Youth Charged again with a couple of
Slugs, and tracing the Blood, as ssie was making at him, discharged
through the Brain-pan, at which she was quiet j but to make sure,
he made another shot at her, which he believed was that in the Leg:
All this time the Moon was Obscured and Cloudy ; the Comby that
had left him and his Son, at length came with a many more, calling
Frhigi, the Term they have for Europe-Men and Franks; the Boy
was walking about, fearing to venture within reach, till at last laying
aside his well-advised Suspicion, he approaching, found the Terror
of the Wood Slain.
Disrobed of its Royal Hide, Two Bones of the Bigness and Figure
of a Levator, presented themfclves to our view, that had no Connexi-
on with the other Bones, but wholly immersed in the FIcsh per sy-
sarcasin, in the ends of each Pectoral , and the Three circumducing
Muscles, towards the joining of the Shoulder-blades, and the upper
Bones of the Fore-feet, commonly called Shoulder-bones; of these
there goes a Story handed by Tradition, as that Licking the Right
Shoulder it appeases Hunger, the Lest it whets it where these Bones
lie; but probable enough it is, that Nature added these for its greater
Strength; The Entrails were little variable, but the Heart was
mighty, and the Liver (they say) had as many Lobes as that was
Years old, which were Six and an half, like to a Foxes.
The Chief, to encourage the Lad, told him, That though he were
a Boy, he had done a Manly Action, and therefore according to the
Custom of the Country, in presence of all his Admirers, he plucked off
his own Coat, which was Venetian Cloath of Silk and Silvcr,and gave
it him. The Great Qmbrabsalways dothelike upon any hazardous
Atchievments,
Two Bones.
bound in the
Shoulders im-
mersed in the
Flelh, .