[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 101.2 # Storia do Mogor 101.2 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 101.2 - **Language:** English ### [101.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101.2) Intimidated by the threats of their master, the sailors landed, and hardly had they reached the bank when a fierce tiger snatched up one of them and carried him into the jungle. The others did not count their steps on their way back to the Julia, where, arriving more dead than alive, they made complaint that the tiger had already killed one of them. Manoel Coelho inquired whether they told the tiger they were his men. They replied, 'Yes, but the tiger made no account of our shouts.' Manoel Coelho was courageous, and seized his shield with his left hand and his dagger (cris) with his right. The latter is a poignard made in the shape of a serpent (or bill-hook ?), the wound from which is usually incurable, they being tempered in poison. This is the usual weapon of the Malays. He (Manoel Coelho) entered the jungle boldly and alone. Following \[64\] the traces of blood, he saw the tiger tearing the dead man to pieces. He gave a shout, and the tiger, expecting to make a fresh prize, with one bound was upon him. He parried the attack with his shield, and plunged the dagger into its belly so that the tiger died, while Manoel Coelho, 'Tiger-slayer,' — for so he called himself thenceforth — returned to the boat and contemptuously ordered the men to skin the tiger, and of it he caused a drum-head to be made. - [Previous: 101.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101.1) - [Next: 101.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101.3) - [Up: 101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.101.2) · Pramāṇa