, 1873-06-17

At1oN Letter to tho HhaHghut Courttf,
bro account of tic doPPreaaohs ID Of eaGe se
tigers to tho woHt of Annoy. Since thon newa
has arrived Of tholr having appeared in the
mountains that lilo about fifty mtos north OF
4til .nfg From al accounts they appear to bo com
torror Of tho region they inhabit. In tho course
OF three or four months thoy hayo killed twenty
persona, and, Of courBo, an fndohnito number Of
p.gs, etc. a certain tomple, which Is situntcd
s,.t ,,as been rendered tonnntioas and unin,
habltablo by them. A Bhort timo since
1t ,s;s, ~ occupied BY threo porsons-a priost,
assist him IN tl!ing fow fields belonging to the
temple, and tho mother Of tho lattor, Ono oyon-
ing, IN returning from tho folds. they were nat
spo sspch p tue tigers and tho whole Of them killed
pooplo that thoy daro not 70 out oarly in Tx
morning, or after cortain hour in tlo after
noon The farmers, each morning, arc acous-
70 eomea to assemble together. and, aftor beating
ssfaSy fng hegr OF egnn teel they
tions have boon hold among tho wiso heads. both
ao TO tho cause Of tho 1rruption Of those unvol-
come visitors and tho means By which thoy mieht
be reG5oiena The result a. is oton tho
factory Il was at first believed that those l ani-
maia would Of course, DO undor the control OF tho
gou OF tho earth and the spirits Of tho rnoun-
ttalns; The elders Of the people accordingly &C.
toSsoo epob III 1ull Wow OF all tho prominent
htlis around, and there ofYorcd sacrifice to thceo
Invisible nothings, ut tho sa1uo time imp1orinc
them to lay stringent injunctionB on tho tigers
that they Hhould behave themselves In moro
p9comtnE mannorIfor tho future. Tho tigers ro-
pltod to this challenge by tho worry noxt day d.
vousln8 another man, and by repeating tho samo
process Whonevor chance gavo thom an oppor-
1tinisy. After another consultation among those
VINO Wero supposed to know all about B,lch mat
tefe, II WAS decided TINT those animals woro not.
10 reality tigers after al but certain powerful do
Mons that, for the timo boing, had asa,lmed tho
form OF tigers, IN order the moro etroctually to
carry out their foolinga Of hnsrod to man. Il
vas. therefore, decided to apply to tho Imperial
Tauist priest, who ia regarded as tho yory high
ps1oas 9nd Popo Of tho Tauist persuasion, md
who Is polfoTed to DO able to control tho Bpirits
and to have infallib1o specifics for bringing thrm
10 submission. Tho wiso heads advised that a
messenger should DO aent to him for yeilow
paper charms, to bo poated in convenient placon
On the hills, which would have tho offect Of
driving tho tigers altogathor out Of tbat
neighborhood. Tho loas knowing, and auch M !
were not initiated into the mystories of epirit |
life, took moro practical Wow Of tho mattor.
and suggested that this plan would not only lo |
expensive, but also risky; as thoro was no cor
taii1ty that tho charms of tho imperial wizard |
would DO auccosaful. It Was proposed, instead. |
that foreigner from Annoy should be inyited to |
como up and kill tho tigers. Thie proposal was
evidently popular Que; for deputation was
at onco sent to Annoy, who somehow or other |
found their way to my place. They had q worry
norrowfnl tale to tell, and they begged me to
assist them in the object for who they h.l |
come to Annoy.