That wasn't a bad day! 

In 1896 Emilio Salgari wrote the history of the Malaysian tiger:

"In that room so strangely furnished, a man is sitting in a chair lame: it is high in stature, slender, the powerful muscles, featured energetic, male, proud and of a strange beauty. Long hair fall on the shoulders: a the jet-black beard framing his face slightly tanned. the forehead is broad, shaded by two beautiful by the bold eyebrows arch, a small mouth showing teeth sharp as those of fairs and sparkling like pearls, two black eyes, a flash of that fascinates, burning, it does bend any another look".