St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-12-08
DEATH ~ TIE JENGIE.


DEIYW ~ TIE JENGLE.
y very singulH,. report has leen re
. Gently issued liv III" Gazette of india
/ upon the number of deaths from the
, attacks of wild hcl<t> throughout the
- country. # is difficult, indeed. 10 real
izp the fact, invol\ ed in these lem:uka
hlc columns, ul statistics. We ..c ar-
i Customcd to read uf iSolaicd cases ri
the destruction at few hunters; in the
jungle 10y tigers oi- elephants: but here
: We nave Il rcculd showing that i'll the
var between men and wild beasts. the
mcH have. to Il great extent. NOT only
: he worst of thc contest. but thc beast :
follow up their victory until Il man-cat-
ing tiger creates such tcIlor in Il district
that whole Villages are dcpolttlated.
public roads and thoroughidIcS are rem
drlcd literally unHpproachaflr lay hu-
man beings even in broad day light. and
thousands of acres of once cultivated
land are entirely deserted and c"u-i.nrI
to the growth of vegetation. to Offer in
their tuln safe CovcltS to these noNiouS
animals. The government. of c"lIl>c.
has not hccm idle. Various means taVc
been devised to mitigate the pest. hut
with comparatively little >lIccC>>. a. the.
figures We are about to ql:"tc viii prove.
The aggregate number ut deaths ht the
onslaught of Wild beasts Throughout; the
provinces of Madras. bombay. Bengal.
the Northwestern Provinces. Puiiiah.
Oudh. Central pr"linccS. Cuur~. I!N'tcr-
alad and British Eurmah. for three
Years. amounts tn I...j;j !. 'ihc deaths
nom Sii;:kc-hitc. over the same area
come Up Ia 2J.ti;l. 80 that from both
caIiScS there i Il huge total uf mortality
>Colin" :I~.2l~ rrI>un> Who have come
I" i Violent ur lingering emf in What Ia
us seems Il strange fashion. Ii i not
necessary ur desirable. perhaps. Ia dwell
upon the nature of the pain and fright
which must seize the Victim Who i
dragged doWu /" hr the prey oi the
tiger. ~ ia" i "nr'mdcd hN the deadly
ianG> al the cobra serpent. ibr. Living
stone h;r,, told Us that Wli;.H :: lion seized
him. The shake which the creature gave
him. iik" THAI wIiirli a c,;t gives to =
m",t>c. seemed to Kill within him The
very >rr-r Of danger al ic,n. - that he
remained passive. tho1igE not Wncou-
-cinrS. in liz GRASP. Hut. on the other
hand. We have CnlI To- glance iIttn the
stories oi the Indian hunters. tn find
tales t" Tie >W"np oI the Tiger on u
native. and then al" l'luu4r with The
>hIickn% quarry into the forest. which
gives the mu~t convincing proof that
not To every On" docS death il this
dreadful uaultr come ~ calmly ~ il
seemed {" hc approaching ilr. l.iN ing
stone.
But alr there not hunters mighty
hunters. in India / he .umN of Shik-
: aIcc~ i III truth entirely insufficient tp
cope with it> antagonists. lie GOV NcIu-
ncuJ gives Large u.W;ud> t"r the de
>fIurti"n uf the terrible game. the bag
Gin" ut which j. = very different matter
indeed from the performances NJ the
NUItulh cav cItS. Ur ON the Scotch muur~.
liut :hc natives are not courageous
enough Ia battle dclc!mimrdll and ct-
tccti,rly against thrir quadilipcd enc
init. It j. only the odd Eugl>hnun
: wh" can protect til,m. and to h"m Il
,Iil--". tig"r-iidGcn. - to Speak. will
appeal Ia hc lid OF tEt il upl.!c~~"i. he.
Nc!N like the dragon of old. mu>l lfc fed
on man-mc;,t. and helps himself To the
fare almost Wlrrnr\rr hc feels the slim
ul0U> of appetite. The natives are
c"Wardly enough /" tiN i'll large Numbers
from the district in which even one ui
these t,Iuciuu- hc..>;> hapu,uS t. ho.
abroad. The Eumha, Gazette 81,
. We are Repeatedly haliu brought
; ri,iri notice tie fact Of u tiger coming
down uH :: iilIGc and carving oit ont.
after another e: the mhalitaut<. tn Il
Gu,mHcHi rUhli>hsd hl the authority "t
the gov, ,llmrHt. Wr ijud il stated that
lhnu@h iI C,it.Iin cultivate ii districts tie.
nuv,. dangerous >rCGi,.~ ui = ild animals
have hc"our rae. the lower pre-, iuri~
"f iiru%ai exhibit Il ~rat, al! things cali
iu@ i"r >,iiuuS coIt-i.lrr,.,icu. II j. aid.
III the paper 20 which We 'cl,r hat the
nnItalitl '',IU!d h' Nrll largely rc,lucc,!
. h, the "\riIpaiioH at tht .,rinaIS IN th,.
!rjehh",hn"d Il i;rusrI hahitatic,:~." "
. The r,mall culir> with il an u,cr-ol-
. >i"r~ truth The tiger i the ,ini,ut,
. and how i:, abolish ol ,lr>;Iul linn j. the,
1 ugnll,ln +" Lee t:.hcn a. iu;nH. Ih,
! government adv i>,. the I.yuplc to kiii
/ him. which l. NOT such bad plan ii
$ there were lc,> ri,i, aud Inconvenience
e in carry inG il "ui. / i,-t;~ Captain
Rogers rI0du,cu I -;:,.Mr for ll,. de
. ~pinw-nun rnEtri,anrr. which v..> tn ir
! laid i'll th" path "l n,.I The irnrit~ e.!
= tigers avoided tll, tran. and the DON'T
| ;it. hulIocLS and Other. tIirr E...,tS ,IiI