The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-22 00:00:00

FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH A TIGRESS

Mr. Harris, who was superintending the con-
struction of the Dehra and Roorke road, has been
killed by a tigress. Being a keen, devil-may-care
sportsman, he went out tigershooting on foot, some
companions being on elephants with him. "Harris
had not walked far, when, at the tarn of a rock, he
saw the monster he was in search of, under the
shade of a large plant of the aloe species, with broad
fleshy leaves of a dark green colour. He fired, and
the wounded beast sprung on him, receiving the
second ball midway, but it was totally ineffective in
retarding her course. As the brute reached Harris
he held the rifle in both his hands, and extended it
horizontally between him and the tigress—a very
slender protection indeed, for it was wrenched
out of his grasp with the greatest ease. And
now a terrible struggle ensued. Rising
on her hind legs, her fore paws resting on
Harris's shoulder she tried to knock him
down ; but this was not an easy matter, as Harris
stood firm as a rock, and it was not until the animal
went on all fours and laid hold of his leg that be
fell. It was at this time that he received his worst
wound; a piece of flesh about twice the size of a
man's fist was torn out of his thigh, laying bare tlh e
inner bone. The other leg was likewise complete y
hesitated, but, on bteoinlegavtherhheeeradie,
smashed? Harris called out, 'Shoot the tigress—
she.l
is killing me.' From the time that th.e,antm.a
pounced upon him to the time that Harr s voice
aqtaeanretde r, ofst
started
ehour
n
elephant had gone up to
had
ds
elapsed.heard, seelkfi nbut
a iota abouteleph
the spot, Harris might have been rescued in a
cautiously.
moment. Some of the mounted sportsmen it Sculls
ordered a native shekari, a powerful, athletic man,
to go forward and shoot the tigress. The man
Which had the
his perilous mission, approachinmgetvery
n story. tended victim.
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He
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Thise
frightenedff e effect
i so ft
li e
her
man's inducingera we.haweyr. the tigress
which a ble
s 1 1 I o r e
atones, P r
that he made some nois
to get to the exact s pot, He says that it was difficult
about the place, p , as there was very long grass
Whichswaying from side to side as
the tigress turned and twist
ind ced furnished the only
ication her o.position.
be
said
with
ref on. This, however, cannot
reference to those who were on ele-
phants, as they must have had a clear view of what
was going on. A sort of subdued growl from the
tigress similar to that disturbed
while of a dog when disturbed
while gnawing a bone was heard at intervals. This
ceased when the animal left Harris, a deathlike
silence prevailed, and the shekari, fancying that
the tigress had perhaps dragged him away, , He
called
out his name, and got the reply, 'Here I
aelrnep. tient,
was placed on a cot, which
was put oryineann
who
fol-
and taken to his tent. He told
go tahfeter the tigress,
lowed him to leave
him "d
wounded. The
which he bAieved was desperately
kr under one eye,
first ball from his rifle
sotrttumer clean out. It was a
the second ball took the
cross shot,
and while the tigress was
in the act of
most difficult,
. Harris must have aimed at
BPrin-lin only one of the balls had hit
the forehead, and i
crushed through the skull, and
there it would have .f .
ed here ifeless on the spot ; or i even atter
hex-tti7tigthe ey had taken a downward course and
touched the verteb; re, it would have disabled her,
and prevented the consequences that followed. As
it was, both the balls passed out behind the ear.
The tigress was shot dead the same day, shortly
after s ortly
after Harris reached his quarters. All this
happuned
on a Thursday about a fortnight ago. Harris was
taken to Roorkee, where both his legs were ampu-
tated on Saturday. He died
on Sunday morning,
and was buried in the eve ' " '"
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