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Updated: May 3, 2025
To his amazement Skag found that the people of Hurda knew something of the story of the tiger-pit and his part in delivering the Grass Jungle people from the toils and tributes of the great snake. . . . He was not sent back. For a long time, until the forenoon was half spent, the three marched silently.
"This is a tiger-pit," exclaimed Mr Hooker; "and a very effectual way of catching a tiger should one attempt to cross it. I really believe that I have narrowly escaped a fearful death; for see, had I gone through, I should very probably have fallen on the stake."
Emily turned pale when she heard the account I gave her of the tiger, and all the party were greatly interested in hearing the account of Mr Hooker's escape from the tiger-pit. The ship's course was now directly through the China Sea a region in which every variety of weather is encountered, from a dead calm to a furious typhoon.
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