Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-03-13
Tiger Chase b, Raboa,s.

Tiger thaAt ~ babOuh.
The following extract of tiger
chase is extracted from the North
Lincoln Sphinx, Il regimeutal PM
per published at Gmham's Inwn.-
The writer ancr Alluiing tn his
splrting experiences of all kinds,
nnd in all quarters 0f lhe globe, de-
clares that he ncvcr witnessed so
novel or intensely exciting chase
as that about Ia bc described Not
long ago | spcnt Il tnw days ~ Fort
Brown, u small military posI on the
hanks of the great Fishr,vnr, where
hy friend ", WAS stationed, 'he
evening, as my fiicni and ! wSrv
returning homo, amor somewhat
E,tignlng DAYS buck shooting, we
were startled by hearing the most
extraordinary noise not far from
us, Ii seemed IL all the demons in
the Internal regions had been I'M
chained, and were amusing them
selves by trying to f'ightcn MS poor
morta!s Dy their horfil Yelling
We stood IN broa,hlcSS expectation,
not knowing what could possibly
hr the cause of this diahollcnl row,
with all sorts oil coniccIurcs flashing
across our minds, NcNrer0nd near
cr the yelling and screaming ap'
preached, and presently tho cause
became visible Ia our as.onishcd
eyea. Some thr,c or four hundred
yards TO our right, upon the brow
of small hill, spotted leopard
commonly called in this country,
u tiger, though much smaller than
the lord of the Indian junglcs) came
in view, bounding along with all
tho speed and energy of despair,
while close behind him followed an
enormous pack of balloons, from
whose throats proceeded the demon
iacal sorn l. that had, Il few seconds
before, so startled us.
Our excitement in the chase, us
You may suppose, was intense ON
went the tiger, making for the riv'
or, the balloons following like aveng-
ing demons, and evidently gaining
ground upon their nearly cNhaus-
ted foe, though their cNuItin yclls
seemed each moment to increase
his terror and his speed. They
reached the stream, the tiger still
few yards in advance, and; with a
tremendous bound, he cast himself
into its muddy waters and made for
the opposite bank, The next mo-
mcnt his pursucrs, in admirable
confusion, were struggling after
him, and rs the tiger (now fearful
ly exhaustrd) clambcred on the
land again, the largest and strong
est of the balloons were close at his
heels, though many Of the pack (the
old, the very young, and wcaklyD
were still struggling in the water.
In few moments all had passed
from our sight, behind the brow Of
the opposite bank; but their in
creased yelling, now stationary be-
hind the hill, told Us that the tiger
had met his doom, and that their
strong arms and jaws were now
tearing him limb firm limb, As
the evening was far advanced, and
we were still some miles from home
we did not cross the river to be in
at the death but, next morning, Il
few bones and scattered fragments
of flesh and skin showed what had
been the tigers fate. On our re-
- lama Wn"a told by som"
Dutch gentlemen that such hunts
are not uncommon when tiger is
rash enough to attack the young
balloons, which often happens. All
these creatures, for miles around,
assemble and pursue their enemy
with relentless fury, to his death
Sometimes the chase lasts for days,
but it invariably closes with the de-
struction of the tigcr-a striking
instance that the idea Of rctributive
Justice is not confined to man alone.