The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-06-13
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TIGERS AND COBRAS.
THIRTEEN VILLAGES ne.
SIkOfED BY A SINGLE
TIGRkSS-RAVAGES OF
midas HOODED
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From the New York Iime..1

! lrIoIn the New York lines
Two pApcre-Vho the official report Of
Mr. Grant Duh, and the othor, read Q few
days ago by Capt. Rogers, before the Lon.
ooh Society OF Arts--give figures touch.
ing the loss Of life In India through the
assaults of wild beasts and vsnoinous
snakes, that are positively startling. II
| appears from there authorities that In
1911 tho total number Of deaths caused by
these creatures was no less than ls,o'6
Tho record in 1863 was II $50, SO that IN
spite of tho decroaso IN the number o!
noxious animals We are accustomed to Oh.
serve with the approach and contact OF
CIVILIZED man, the let Of victims was
Heightened during these two years in q
terrible manner. In fact, the mortality
from this cause appears 10 exceed that OF
all the wars carried on IN or near the
East Indies, and tho beasts and snakes
seem L. kill more men than
the men Nil Of each other.
Some particular individuals among tha
wild animals acquire special fame tor their
horrible exploits and long-coutinucd inn
punity. Capt Rogers describes ono tlgress
IN the Central Province, ne specially
prominent IN this way. She caused, he
says, the destruction of thirteen Villages,
and go square mules Of country were
thrown, by her, out Of cultivation. An
other tgtcss, in 1863, killed ~ people,
and actually stopped = public high ROAD
for may weeks, the inhabitants not dar-
ing 10 travel by IL. In isGs, panther
IN broad daylight broke into the town OF
Chicola, and cAIno within 100 yards
Of tho jail. attacking every body
be saw He was killed, but he bit one
man 70 death and desperately wounded
three others before he succumbed. The
magistrates Of the various departments are
constantly reporting the ravages Of the IT,
gers and PAINTERS, who destroy not only
human boings, but immense numbers OF
cattle. l.appears that the increase of hu-
man population only brings increased
mortality from thi' cause, the wild beasts
losing no whit Of their boldness with the
advance Of man, but rather acquiring
fresh sudaciiy and bloodthir.tiness.
! he serpen,s, too, apparently dispute the
ground inch By inch, and even invade
houses il the most populous districts. Sol
dlcrs are constantly attacked in their can
comments 10y the cobra ii copels, the bite
Of which vcnomous reptile !, almost GER
tain 20 DO fatal, although, according to
DR.. Bucler, who has had wide experience,
the poison may DO successfully combsted
By alcohol IL taken in time
When the rayAges OF those fearful pests
are considered, - exempliied by the trust
worthy accounts OF Mr. Grant Duff and
and Capt. Rogers, the spo.tsnen who go
out TO slaughter them by the hundred rise
above the character OF mere pleasure
seekers and become real bcneisctors OF
their kind. When 10000 persons arc thus
meeting yearly so terrible death, /, be-
comes important, indeed, 10 devise COM
prohsusye means for battling with this
fierce aud remorseess enemy such ~ pri-
va.e individuals, however adroit and en-
t-rprlsing can hardly command
We suppose the whole Rus
ian expedition TO khiva will
hardly exceed 10000 men and hence,
we're the entire force 10 DO absolutely blot
It'd out, the loss Of life would 70, exceed
what is yearly inflicted, in India, by IL
tho immense improvements in firearms
does no, seem TO cut down the number OF
catsstrophcs from thesc causes. Even
hieech.loaders, revolyers aud riacs that
will kill hundred yards appear TO have
no special destructivencss 4 those wild
iespots OF the plain and the Jungle, from
whom the only ultimate security must OBJ
vicusly consist in extermlnstion.