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the_o georgian_n 49.10_o tiger_n devour_v a_o man_n â—_o story_n of_o it_o 902.50_o tiger_n their_o battle_n with_o the_o crocodile_n 931_o tiger_n of_o the_o west_n indies_n can_v distinguish_v a_o indian_a from_o a_o spaniard_n 963.30_o tiger_n of_o india_n describe_v how_o kill_v a_o tiger_n tame_v 991_o tigris_n the_o head_n of_o it_o 49.30_o timber_n how_o island_n be_v supply_v with_o 662.40_o timochaim_n in_o persia_n 70.50_o &_o 72.20_o tingoesi_n the_o people_n describe_v 527.30.551.40_o speak_v like_o turkey-cock_n ibid._n nation_n beyond_o they_o 528.10_o their_o dexterity_n to_o take_v fowl_n fish_n and_o venison_n ibid._n see_v also_o 530.20_o near_o to_o china_n 543.60_o &_o 546_o tingui_n the_o city_n 96.40_o tinguigui_fw-la the_o city_n drunkenness_n well_o overtake_v there_o 97.40_o tinna_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o russes_z in_o the_o samoieds_fw-fr country_n 526.10_o tinlau_n a_o river_n 257.30_o tipany_n in_o lapland_n 560.20_o tide_n in_o the_o sea_n where_o 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