Mr. A. told me that he once wounded a tiger which afterwards sprang on him, knocked him down, and seized him by the hand and arm.  With Mr. A. was a large dog, half mastiff and half polygar (a savage and rare native breed), which at once attacked the tiger, and diverted its attention from Mr. A. After driving off the dog the tiger again returned to Mr. A. and commenced to worry him, but was again attacked by the dog.  The dog was thus driven off about three or four times by the tiger.  The tiger was all this time losing strength from his wounds, and the last time he returned to Mr. A., died on him.  The dog was uninjured.  Now comes the most curious and interesting part of the story.

The dog, which was not affectionate generally, and indifferent to being noticed, belonged to Mr. A.’s brother, and had previously taken no interest in anyone but his master, but after this event, he refused to go home with his master, and stuck closely to the wounded man, and when some carbolic was applied by Mr. A.’s brother which caused pain to the wound, the dog began to growl and showed signs of displeasure.  The dog would not allow anyone to come near Mr. A. except his own special servant, and lay under the bed with his nose sticking out, and keeping close guard.  When Mr. A. was carried to the doctor some thirty-five miles away the dog went too, and on the doctor applying carbolic, and setting the bones, which caused pain, the dog at once seized the doctor by the leg. (Evidently looking on him as tiger No. 2, I suppose.) In about three months Mr. A. was quite cured, and after that the dog lost all interest in him, and returned to his master; and if he met Mr. A. by chance, merely acknowledged him by the faintest wag of his tail.  A year afterwards this dog, happening to meet the doctor, whom he had not met since, at once flew at him and seized him by the trousers.

One great danger attending the bite of a tiger is that of blood-poisoning from the frequently foul state of the animal’s jaws, and it is, of course, of great consequence to cleanse wounds as soon as possible and apply carbolic.  An engineer in the northern part of Mysore a good many years ago was bitten on the thigh by a tiger, and so little hurt that he walked home and went on with his business as usual, but a few days after he was suddenly taken ill and very soon died.  Of course there may happen to be no foul matter about the tiger’s mouth, and a Hindoo peasant wounded when I was out with no less than thirteen wounds in the arms—­several of them double wounds as the man had thrust his locked arms into the tiger’s mouth to keep him off—­completely recovered.  He goes by the nickname of Tiger Linga Gouda, and I always make a point of sending for him when I visit Mysore.  On one occasion I was showing the marks of the wounds to a lady, and said that there were thirteen wounds.  “Thirteen,” echoed Linga Gouda, “There were fifteen, and you have forgotten those two on the head, and I slept