Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-11-06
TIGER HUNTING IN INDIA

From Rcoico Of Mundy's Sports and Tnsfiucs
nMe East, in Frdzer'S Magazine for September
immediately tina, the party entered tho D,oah
or The tract OF tho country between the Gauges
ana the JuInna, there commenced gront prepare
ton OF firearms and casting of bullets; for many
are the wild beasts that haunt tho banks. The Old
NImrods OF the party made of tigers; and
their anticpatons were confirmed by the report of
| some PEASANTS who had lost, only the day before
ii fine fat young buffalo. Ten of the party, among
whom was my Lord Combcrncro himself, mount
ed elephants, and, accompanied by twenty pad ele
phants to beat the covert and carry the guides and
the game, they FASTENED tow ards the swami which
was the rcputcd lurking place of tho monsters
The party was headed by no less parsonage than
old Sancho himself, in full fig;-hc, good reader
is the Jemedar hurkarah (chicf courier) of the
quarter-nlaster generals department. Sanoho-
80 named from his striking resemblance to the H.
lustrious Panza, not only in the short round
handy proportions of his person. but in the shrewd-
ness of his Notwithstanding, mounted on his pony
(inStcad OF an ass,) led the van, with barred right
arm and ciInctar Hourshcd in the air. Tho Jun
gle was not high with few trees; but the covert of
grass and rushes was very tick. They beat the
ground for half an hour, when our worthy CAP
talns Chooncy began to trumpet furiously, which,
by the mahoutS account was the sure sirn of an
preaching tiger. The thirty elephants were now
drawn up in line, and made TO beat slowly OIL TO
windward. They had not proceeded three hun
drcd yards and had entered Il swampy part of tho
Jungle, when the tayho raised and sho,
whistled through the Tiger answered shot
with Il loud roar-such friend Dunlop gave
when, in the happicst moods, with FIVE bottles of
port, and three of clarct under his bcit and Croft
ton Croker tucked under his arm he a nd his com
panlon were styled Robin Hood and Little John
After this trial of his lungs, tiger boldly CHARGED
the line Of elephants. What do you Think
nine and-twenty of the Chooncys turned tail and
skulked oil like so many dogs with canisters tied
behind them. Tiger caught hold of one, and gave
him an earnest of his teeth the hind Log Iord
Combermcrcs was the only Gloomy that stood his
ground like man. At him tiger went, and would
have had at his trunk, but for wound in his own
leg; wherefore he failed in his spring, and skunk
back into the rushes. Now came up our valorous
captains beast to his brother, bcstrdcd by his lord
SHIP whose gun being loaded by the aid-dc-camp
voiley of four barrels vented upon tiger
VINO would nave como again 10 the scratch, had he
not tainted from weakness. Now came a second
discharge Of muskcrry, and the brute Law stretched
out on the ground,-a three quarters grown male
by all that's noble! And how beautiful skin
Weh' stow him away on ono Of tho pad Chooneys
and my lord shall have the spolia opma for Ia
wing single handed stood for some time the hmm,
of the contest.
To load aud reform line is but the work Of
moIncntthcn, advancing, wo beat for half AN hour;
and them at the bold captains shrl Jojccscrshirc
tally no. forward we rush. and two tgers-as ,vc
live break covert and off they go in STYLE, while
several bullets whiz around their carcSsscs and
one slightly touches the larger Of the animals who
turns round like a very fiend incarpate
IL
several furious bounds towards us. But he thinks
better OF his purpose-thc cunning locr and cock.
odup ears OF our Chooney frIs htonod him; and Inc
speedily t"'ns tail, and slips into the jungle. For
ward ga we, full gallon (not the plcasanest motion
on the back of an elephant, DC 1t obscrved3 while
vOlcy Of shots whistle tbfouaI7stho air, without
doing bodily harm The wounded beast Those
who had ele fastest E,Gphants had the best of the
pastimc. Three of came to the fugitive, who
faced about and made spriGg at the hinder quart.
or OF one Of the elephants, and nearly cambercd
up, with his sharp tonpcuny nah claws, to the hon.
dab. The mahout looked round in funk: the
poor cooc made spring, like Ellar tho harlequin,
from the animals rump into houdah our pallant
companion ia il is lcvGng his lnanton right
into the monsters mouth, which seems like the
fearful opening of tho pit of Achoron, rcd with
hcllosli flames But We also have covered him
with an cage-like oyo--crack goes our dotonator
aud a shot in bis brcad-baskst forces him TO ioscn
his hold and rccol TO the ground. few shots
now soon make Duncc-mcat Of the savage, who
had, just before caught him, been making
mincomcot cf bufao-thc glutton for we
found the carefully picked bones Of just by tho
SPOT whcro ae gave his last growl Of despair. The
fellow was a beautiful fuh-grown animal. The
third tiger fell under eight shots, after making a
glorious resistance.