I merely just touched a piece of fresh rind, and my hands smelt of it the next morning.
We beat about the forest for some hours without meeting the game of which we were in search.

We once thought that we had found the lair, but we soon found that we were mistaken.

One of the gentlemen, too, affirmed that he heard the growl of a bear; it must, however, have been a very gentle growl, as no one else heard it, although we were all close together.
We returned home without any further addition to our stock of game, but highly delighted with our agreeable trip.
Although Singapore is a small island, and all means have been used and rewards offered for the extirpation of the tigers, they have failed.

Government gives a premium of a hundred dollars, and the Society of Singapore Merchants a similar sum for every tiger killed.
Besides this, the valuable skin belongs to the fortunate hunter, and even the flesh is worth something, as it is eagerly bought by the Chinese for eating.

The tigers, however, swim over from the neighbouring peninsula of Malacca, which is only separated from Singapore by a very narrow channel, and hence it will be impossible to eradicate them entirely.
The varieties of fruit found at Singapore are very numerous and beautiful.