Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-04-20
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A Letter for the Boy
TIGER HB&TINe IxIz
FROM BISHOP KINGSLEY

teen miles wide, called the eTo civ mn
is low, moist region, and exceed safe 4
healthy; so much so that il II nc : mias
stop day in this region Of dead Etb tai
ma The ground is covered nI.ces
grass and reeds, and is full Of MIR N ofie,
Inc grass anu Ieeus gro" 9ery rhere ART
twelve and fifteen feet high. III
also scattering trees in places faI;-ectl,
Proceeding through the Tera1 We na :,
toward the base of the mountaia, ION, tb(
through another belt of land Of all ,cr;had
same width as the one | have IT,
but wholly different in its eharac -.
stead of being wet. like Terai, til 80
drop of water on it nor to be ,r;.h
by digging. This region is covs wh;cb
trees, many of them of great si o.n 80,
put up with what moisture they ,,oJ
during the rainy season, and are at eoi
nature for the long hot drought
lows. M
Now, these two belts of count -
aging together from 20 to 80 mi WI
are full of wild beasts and serpent -
elephants, tigers, leopards, bears, a. -
wild boars, antelope and different II aIao
deer abound in this region, as r;,h
white ants and poisonous ss4 w.
mosquitoes in the Terai, for nui
the sands on the sea-shore. ,.
This portion of the country il, -
hunting ground. Tiger huhtjnf8 Fn-ae
been a great passion here wild -
peans, both in the army and 49, go
1t is fraught with danger, and i;nd
some fall victims to their love
of sport. .;so-
The region of country ! SlS ger
ing, particularly the wet pors Ia
nishes excellent pasture for ,soIt
when tiger gets hungry he helps mfr.
to a COW, or calf, or deer, and - :.
quently TO a native Hind& 7rts
his taste or convenience shaS1see ~
fact that tiger has killed asta T. a. -
animal is communicated by the ,bat
the hunters. 1t !; we'll undersf 80
4, he F 7aI' llasias CO.. : = ON IN
elephants trained for the purpos epair
to the spot A native riding on e ele-
plants neck, just behind his 81 guides
him in the course to take er four
men with battery of rim back of
the driver in the howdah, = chair
with two apartments. ele-
plants thus equipped m; etable
hunting party They non move
through the grass in search game.
1t is understood that in a tie5 -Iuan
must not shoot at bear, or any
thing else than tiger. 1t essary
often to scour every rod of ju order
to find the object of pursuit. Y quent-
ly lies so low, and so still thSt the 3phant
is almost literally on him before s dis
covered. The tiger, on being 4 sG,
claims the right to leisurely moYs, sth-
er bunch of tall grass or charger "a his
pursuers; sometimes doing the e, and
sometimes the other. If he MAILS the
first attack, he springs forward ht the
elephants with great rapidity, al with a
loud and frightful growl. Stea,r nerves
are now in demand, both on Il of
the elephant and the men. If Ras !,
shot dead, which is improbable.. fore h
reaches the elephant, all is well Nut if he
is only wounded, and not fataliylit only
makes the matter the more eriti@ He
sometimes springs upon the nativ kriYer,
taking him off entirely. Some Is he
springs upon the rump of the anfF&, and
seizes q man in the howdah. 7C&en he
takes a position under the bell1of the
elephant where he can not be hot by a
blow from his trunk. 1t generaiA hap
pens that in the course of the everts here
described some one or more of theshunting
party put ball through the head DIT heart
of the tiger. But he does his work with
terrible despatch. If he strikes with his
dreadful paw, he is almost sure tolbreak a
bone. His claws and teeth both seem to
be poison. A bite generally requires am
putation, if it leaves the victim awe 1t
often happens that ths-sIenhantu -smFs
alarmed. Then the position OF - ndn',
ers is critical and dangerous TO ne iAs'
degree. The monstrous beast enen W
terly unmanageable, and with IA lhA "uo
tail elevated, dashes through the uns'e a.
and wounded bo l. snro 20 80 lhis pur-
orors rhor soonas s',aL described
are sure to ensue. 4 tiger witt nan q
dozen balls right through the bfuy' WI
often kill his pursuer, before d. s"s niui,
self. | was shown the skin so one a.
Budaon in the possession of Coz nc-ui /
chael, with six or eight ball holeF .nlou9u
it. The Colonel informed me tia 'ne an,
imal killed the native rider of the P"~n'
with all these balls through his b
Another method of hunting "A
ture is for the English to take til Pos''
ton in the tops of trees, and have. sn -: 10
tives, who know the hauuts of
beat up the forest for them, and Dir 'nen
in the direction of their enemiesS al-
bush, who shoot them as they pa4 cuuI'
the trees. The tiger, so large ad n, !.
is never heard walking, even tho = ~. - V
over dry leaves. He lifts his e. me
cat and makes no noise. The tigeI nillsei'
sometimes, though rarely, climbs ne
Having once got taste of hgf| gu aesn
the tiger thenceforth seems to IL =
all other food. Where certain 0l OAK
lead through the jungle this SsNse c4nn,.
bal has been known to have ~ fegguiAl
haunts, and to live by seizino M na'ise
Kahars at the stations. A, eolos IN 'ls
English service told me that a ca, am olu
tiger, in this way, had become ID q "a 'e !.
ror to the natives, that he was 4 igeo &c