The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-11-24

iull hvo minutes, which appeared hours 10
me, The dreadful struggle continued. nrtil
AZ length the grOnos Of the brffalo subsiS.
ed intO series Of convulsiys pa-pr md
snorts, aud the sounds of Struggling ON
tue ground olmosi ccssed. couIJ. how.
osyr, near the tiger growing. snarlina,
.ouSsc uescsnt was now quite out OF the
question: therefore determined TO
nam wncre | was until Daylight, If I did
not die from tho effects of the snake bit-.
before morn!ngappcared. SO strong w..
the interest with which / listened ard
strained my eyes for the purp,~e of
learning what wa, going Cn below, ,h,t
even ceased 10 thigk OF this cont NO NJ.
ey, end lsrgot the death. like swo,,,,s
had previously experienced. Af,r so,,s
time spent IN listening TO tho po;s, mad.
oy The animal while Enjoying his fcast M
buffalo flesh, the sound ceased sudd.rl,
ielt sure. however, tha, the beast Ia
not departed, FOR kept nv ewes fixed an
the dark outlines und the sb,dor of
tue tree, and the mas remsin.d of tho
same appearance. l fauei d | could trace
hs iorm OF tiger lying slong.ids the
dead buffalo, and this was the shape the
DARK objects had assumed ana ret.ined
since the termination Of the conflict
"At length, however, succor was st
hand. Seeing a light In the distance. he
shouted as loudly as he could, and this
attracted the notice OF par,y who b.d
set out in search Of him. On coming up
to the spot, both tiger and buffalo were
found to be dead. On telling his friends
he had teen bitten by snakes they irst
examined his hand, and pronounced the
wound he received whist in the tire,
to have been caused BY the sting Of a
hornet. On turning down his stockings
they discovered several teaches Qorred
with blood, for numbers Of the yorsciou.
Snimals had bitten him during his ride
through the water on the buffaIo's hack.
The lainting hc had experience, were at
tribmcd to loss Of blood frUm lsccb. bites.
They then turned their attention to the
dead tiger. No wuurd was discovered
about the carcass, but on slightly MOVING
the body Of the buffalo, they discovered
the bottle Of cyanid. Of potas ,um, which
had been intended for chronological pur.
poses, broken, and partially introduced
into the wound in the neck nom which
wv ''r'' Nut UiOts nt Nlp-
tim. While imbibipg the life.blood Of
the buffalo the tiger has also r, cciyed one
Of the most deadly posons known, which
IN the course Of very short time h d
produced lis usual fatal result. The poai.
tion Of the two animals and OF the deadly
bottle left no room for doubt,ag that such
had been the case. On usccudinc The
tree in such hot haste the poison bottle
aud other little matters were droppcd.
and during the struggle between the
animals the former was broken, and per.
hnPs even cut its way into the iurulsr
OF the buffalo; thus pr, bably assisting in
the death Of the latter. as well as prov.
ing so fatally destructive 10 the tiger.
On the appearance OF dawn they uis.
covered smnl) wssps' nest hanging in
the uee. Inter in the day they bud the
satisfaction of experimenting the skin.
n'ng Of tho tiger, aud distributing tho
meat TO the villagers, some of whom re.
garded It us particularly strencthc ming
'ood. The absence oi ballet holes
en- dercd the skin a valuable one.p