He is proud of the title of 'Tiger.' His footstool is a tiger's head, and the uniforms of his infantry are a sort of imitation of a tiger's stripes.

He has military talent, and showed great judgment in command of his division--indeed, most of the successes gained during the last war were his work.

Since then, he has laboured incessantly to improve his army.

Numbers of regiments have been raised, composed of the captives carried off from here and from the west coast.

They are drilled, in European fashion, by the English captives he still holds in his hands." "But why, Uncle, instead of giving time to Tippoo to come down here, should we not march up the passes, and compel him to keep his army up there to defend Seringapatam ?" "Because, Dick, in the first place, there is not an army strong enough to do so; but even were there a force of fifty thousand men at Madras, they could not take the offensive in time.