No one could handle Tippo Sahib as did he.

Had he been near the cage when Sam Harper angered him, he never would have permitted the beast to escape.
He said Tippo was frightened and nervous through his suddenly acquired freedom.

He suffered pain from the jab in his eye, and was made more restless and fidgety by the excitement and his strange surroundings.

The slight wound received by him renewed his anger; but, when he withdrew from the immediate vicinity, he undoubtedly made a raid on some farmer's live-stock, and had devoured a calf, pig, or sheep.

He had eaten his fill, and thereupon became so docile as to be comparatively harmless, provided he was treated with consideration.
His return to the scene of his most stirring experience was one of those whims which his species sometimes show.