In the crowded street,they saw a group of hunters with red-tasselled spears marching two by two. Behind them was the dead tiger, looking like a big sack made of coloured cloth, so heavy that even four men were barely able to carry it. Last came a seven-foot, bright-eyed warrior riding on a big white horse. Hsi-men Ch'ing said to himself:" This man must have the strength to lift a thousand pounds!"