headed by their priests, surround the outside of the net, armed with long spears, and, provoking the tiger to attack them, meet him as he charges, and pierce him through the meshes of this apparently feeble, but impassable barrier, till he falls. A gentleman, who was present at one of these scenes, describes it as most interesting, and exciting in the highest degree; for there existed the appearance of imminent danger, although, in reality, it was almost impossible for the tiger to reach his assailants." Page 291, line 33. "W that wee towsie tyke sitting on her back, as conceity as you please." The female bear is in the habit of carrying her young on her back, and when attacked, frequently charges with a fierce little brute of a cub standing upright on her shoulders, and showing his teeth as savagely as the mother. This, as the Doctor remarks, has a very absurd effect. Page 315, line 5.-" Kelpie." A water spirit, said to haunt fords and ferries at night. THE END. 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