The Archive · 1899

MILITARY PROWESS

It was carried through here by the picul or man-load a few weeks ago in the shape of tiger skeletons, The bearers wore the air of men who carry something awe-inspiring, and barely designed to tell the curious en-muirer that the rare cargo came from ngsi province, was to be made into jelly for the soldiers to make them fearless, and that each skeleton was worth from $10 to $15. There were twenty or thirty of them—four to a load.

6th April.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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