Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-11-14
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BARON MISREPRESENTATION
A BUFFALo-TIGER STORY.


A paper published in India tells this re-
markably exciting story about an adven-
ture there of an enthusiastic entomolo-
gist: of. r..i d. ..,...
"One very hot day, shouldering his ento-
mological net, and with his bottle of cyan
ide of potassium in his pocket for the pur-
pose of killing his specimens, he had sue
ceeded in taking several species of moths
and beetles, when, suddenly emerging on
All open space, a gigantic female buffalo
charged right down upon him. Quick as
lightning the narrator sprang up tree
which fortunately happened to be. near,
and almost before he had comfortably set
tied down upon one of the branches. a buff
falo calf appeared upon the scene, and both
mother and offspring sat down at the foot
of the tree, directly under his position. In
order to attract the attention of his friends
who were in the n ighborhood. or of any
native who might happen to be near, he
shouted until he was hoarse. Ever and
anon, by way of variation, with the vain
hope of frightening away the buffalo, he
awakened the EXTREMIST echoes of the jun
gle with his yells, and perpetrated the most
hdeous noises ever produced by the human
voice. All was of no avail; no friendly
hand came to aid him, and the brute still
lay placidly licking and caressing its calf
in the tree, when suddenly his left hand,
with which he had seized a branch above
his head, was severely stung or bitten by
some insect or animal Starting with the
acute pain, as the fear of whip or tree
snakes flashed through his mimi, he invol-
UNFAIRLY loosed his hold upon the bough, land,
thus deprived of support he lost his balance
and fell from his place ofrefuge. He dropped
on the butfalo's back, and in another mo-
ment was carried away at tremendous
pace through the long thick grass of the
Jungle. 1t was difficult matter to keep his
seat, when all at once the buffalo sprang in
to large tank and he was immersed up
to his neck in water. Unable to swim, he
was obliged to cling to the brute, who for
time swan round and round the pool at
herpleasure. He only hoped his legs would
not be seized by one of the alligators, of
which he had seen several in the water dur
ing the day. Then, to his infinite horror a
stinging sensation in his leg made him feel
sure he had again been bitten by another
kind of serpent. And still the buffalo
showed no sign of returning towards the
land, when, just as he thought she was pre-
pairing to lie down, he dug his heels into
her side and delivered random blows with
his fists on her head and neck. Then. strik-
ing out for the land, the brute speedily
again commenced her mad gallop. A few
minutes brought them to the spot from
which the animal had started, where the
calf was still standing. The buffalo was
preparing t. lie down, when, seizing the
branches of the tree from which he had
fallen on the brute's back, he swung him
self up into his old position. He had not,
however, been very long there when the
smarting in his hand and legs caused him
to remember that he had been bitten by
snakes. The very idea of this, and the
knowledge that one of those venomous rep
tiles was in the tree on which he was perch
ed. caused deadly faintness, from which it
was some time before he rallied.
"Alternately fainting and reviving, hour
after hour passed away. night darkened
down upon the jungle, and the buffalo still
kept watch and ward at the foot of the tree.
At length at an advanced hour of the night,
he suddenly became conscious that tre-
mendous struggle was going on between
the buffalo and some large wild animal,
which he Judged to be tiger. 'The growl-
ing of the LATTER he continues, the groans
of the buffalo, the noise Of their struggles,
and the incessant bleating of the calf COM
bined in producing series of sounds which
in the darkness of night appeared worthy
of the inhabitants of Pandemonium. For
me-, the dreadful struggle continued until
at length the groans Of the buffalo subsidized
into series of convulsive gasps and snoi Is,
and the sounds of struggling on the ground
almost ceased. / could, however, hear the
tiger growing, snarling. and splitting like
an immense cat. OF course descent was
now quite out of the question. therefore
determined to remain where was until
daylight, if did not die from the effects of
the snake bites before morning appeared.
So strong was the interest with which l
listened and strained my eyes for the pur-
pose of learning what was going on below
that even ceased to think of the contin-
gency, and forgot the death-like swoons
had previously experienced. After some
time spent in listening to the noise made
by the animal while enjoying his feast Of
buffalo flesh, the sounds ceased suddenly
felt sure, however, that the beast had not
departed, for had kept my eyes fixed on
the dark outlines under the shadow of the
tree, and the mass remained of the same
appearance. ! fancied could trace the
form of tiger lying alongside the dead
buffalo, and this was the shape the dark OBJ
jects had assumed and retained since the
termination os the conflict
SAT length, however, succor was at hand.
Seeing light in the distance, he shouted
as loudly as he could, and this attracted the
notice Of party who had set out in search
tiger and buffalo were found to be dead.
On telling his friends he had been bitten
by snakes they first examined his hand,
and pronounced the wound he received
whilst in the tree to have been caused by
the sting of hornet. On turning down
his stockings they discovered several leech-
es gorged with blood, for numbers of these