Could be an error in translation between wagh and singh. A leopard would be a bipto wagh. In Goa it was often simply also referred to as wagh = tiger.
vjp On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Venantius J Pinto < [email protected]> wrote: > Could be an error in translation between wagh and singh. > vjp > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:12 PM, Mervyn Lobo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I understand the message in this story but I have to point out that there >> are no tigers in Africa. This story would have been much more pleasant to >> read had the author used a lion, instead of a tiger. >> >> Or maybe, I am missing something? >> >> Mervyn >> >> >> >> >The Tiger from Africa >> >-------------------------------------------- >> >By Soter Barreto >> >Translated from the Konkani by Augusto Pinto >> >-------------------------------------------- >> > > > > -- > +++++++++++++ > Venantius J Pinto > -- +++++++++++++ Venantius J Pinto
