Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-01-10
Tgcr shooting in india.
an INTERESTING SKETCH.

got, from Nugode, Central Provinces,
India. "On the second day after ar
rivlng at my camp, was walking by
the bed of the Cane River, through
some heavy bush willow covert, when
came upon a girl with her child,
fishing ! went up to her and told
her she was doing ga very foolish thing,
for tigers were about, and ! advised
her to go away she laughed and told
me no tiger would take her, as she
had done it for long time. | warned
her again, and went on my way i
got to my tents about 5 p. m, and an
hour after saw a man running to-
ward them. lie came up 10 me and
said, half an hour after ! left the poor
girl had been carried off by tiger,
but the child had escaped. 1t was
the work Of a moment to get my guns
and men out, and ! took ten men off
to the place at once, not TO shoot the
beast, for it was too late and dark to
wake up tigers then / put the ten
men up trees TO remain there all night
and see if the tiger left the place, and
promised TO be there at daylight. !
knew, Of course, that the unfortunate
girl was eaten up long before / got
there, so it was no use doing anything
else. At daylight i went of, and
cautiously going up tree after tree
where i had placed the men, found be
was sat homej" he had come out TO
drink and retired into some thick COW
ert. sent all my men away buttwo,
with spare rifles, and approached the
covert very quietly and carefully I;
when within ten PAGES of it l heard a
grumbling sound, and had just time
to cock my rife, when out he came
with a rush clean at me but, by good
and steady GOODNESS, | gave him ball,
or rather shell, through the head,
which burst and blew it to bits, laying
him dead. My men came up 10 con-
gratulate me, and / was talking to
them, when, TO my astonishment, /
heard o roar to my right, near and on
turning round saw another huge tiger
walking quietly towards me. All the
beaters set up q shout and bolted,
which haste unfortunately turned the
tiger, and he was making off up a ra-
vine, when l gave him a bali behind,
but for that day lost him, though /
tracked him by his blood for long
way. The next day l heard of anoth-
er tiger having killed a COW about
seven miles off. j went and found it
all right going up cautiously to the
bill, | saw monster sneaking away
about forty yards from me. i gave
him a ball, and round he came at me
like demon. | was in q narrow
gorge, and did not half likeit. gave
him another ball, which turned him
to the grass, and lost sight of him.
A wounded tiger is always most form
idable, and it is fearfully dangerous
moving about in their vicinity-so /
did not stir, in hopes he might come
back TO me and give me the advan-
tage, so that | could hear him growl-
ing his death song out; but he did
neither. A man in a tree said he
made up the hill and down the other
side; so off went, ordering all the
beaters out of the jungle to the top of
the highest hill, with directions TO
stay there together till / sent for them
went of, with my two shiLarees and
keepers withspare rifles, to look where
he had gone. / was moving most
gingerly, in horrid funk, when a roar
and a rush came at once from the
grass, not ten yards from me. gave
him two balls right and left, slap in
the chest, as he charged, but it did
not stop him; then, / only Just had
time to snatch my single shell rife
from the keeper and give him (the
tiger a shell in .he chest again, which
burst inside and smashed his shoulder
all to bits; he rolled over within three
PAGES Of me, biting and tearing the
ground. ] took another rifle and
waited on him, for it was a grand
sight TO see his rage. / then saw that
the reason he could not come on was,
his hind leg was smashed on the same
side by one of my first bullets, which
passed through his chest, and he could
not get up with two legs broken on
one side This was most fortunate,
for had thesholl not broken that shoul-
der nothing could have saved mo lie
must have come home before | could
have given him another barrel, | fin
ished him with a ball through his
head, and a more magnificent brute /
never saw. / was very glad TO have
escaped, and then thought what fool
| was for running such risks. How
ever, my next lark with them was a
most wonderful business, and Gods
mercy alone saved me. | heard Of
another hill by the bed of the river,
all immense boulder stones and heavy
bush willow Jungle. OF / went, and
having taken up position at the end
Of sort of island, told the beaters to
20 up the banks all round and try if
he was there, by trowing in volleys of
stones. | was standing quietly wait.
ing, when too my horror, three huge
tigers walked out, touching one an
other. There was no retrcating; the
beasts saw mo in their road, and |
knew must fight it out; so | opened
the ball, and as the leading one looked
up to charge sent a shell on the point
of his shoulder and smashed il TO bits.
SO close were the tigers to each other
tina. he turned round and laid hold OF
his neighbor, and all three returned,
TO my delight, into the covert, growl-
ing, roaring and fighting; but It was
butfor a moment--twoc came out again
at me. / gave them a ball h,mosi
steadily and cOollv nlarcd. one-fhc