The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-19

! TO increase the anger of the boar. And
now running fight was kept up; time
after time was L. charged, and each
| time was the boar received on his spear.
/ In the mean while another of the party
came up, after having dispatched his
pig he happened TO be mounted on o
| pony which refused to face the savage
looking enemy, so he changed his mount
| for an iron-gray mare, apparently q
| griffin at her work, for In the first charge
the boar inflicted a nasty cut on her of
hind-leg, and thus disposed of his new
enemy.
Again l., on his splendid Austria
liam, came to the charge. The boar,
/ though weak from loss of blood, still
| came gallantly on but, as he rose to
Is spear, he tottered, and, stagger-
ing yard or two, fell, and rolled over
dead.
A more gallant encounter than this ]
never witnessed. The savage and de.
termined gameness of the boar was only
| equaled by the horseman's cool daring,
| and I think, of all manly and brave
/ sports, that of pig-sticking, as practised
| by English sIjtGTies in India, bears of
| the palm.
AS it was now long past midday, and
| all were satisfied with the bag, we re-
/ turned to camp, where the rest of the
| party had already assembled for ti6in.
| After this meal we adjourned to the
| boats to clean our rifles and prepare for
| the morrow, as some native sIiEdries
| had brought in ktltb6e9' (news) of q
| tiger lying in q alulL1h few miles from
camp.
All were astir early next morning,
and, after a hurried breakfast, the hOlO-
dotbs were fixed, ammunition and lunch
slowed away, and the party started Ill
quest of his striped majesty.
The 8hikaTieS who had brought the
news soon led us to the gluJLGh where
the game had been seen. Here q coun-
Gil was held by the veterans of our
party, and the programme of proceed
ings arranged.
We were divided into two parties,
stationed along either side of the 1l,tl-
Lah, at distant points where the cover
was thinnest, so as TO get shot as the
tiger retreated before the beaters.
When each had taken up his station,
the elephants entered the head of the
gllLLLdb and commenced beating down.
We were soon aware that the game was
afoot. The elephants keen scent dis
covered the tiger, but somehow or other
he managed to steal away to another
yllGLtJh, and it was not until late IN the
day, when most of the party were dis
mounted for lunch, that the report of a
rife some distance ahead, accompanied
by loud shouts and the sharp, angry
screech of the elephants, told us that
the first tiger had been bagged.
When the successful sdHib Joined us,
we learned that it had been an easy kill
one ball through the shoulder had
laid low q magnificent male tiger, which
shortly made its appearance on the
back of an elephant.
Having admired its proportions, we
were on the point of mounting again to
make our way toward camp and fill up
the bag with few deer and partridges,
when two natives were seen hurrying
toward us, shouting, Bdgh bGqh %
('' Tiger tiger ~ This was welcome
news, and we soon learned that they
had Just seen large tiger take to a
7l1tLLIh not a quarter of mile distant.
Our party were speedily en- route for his
maiesty's domain, and, on arriving at
the nstlLGh, the order of battle was
again formed. Before the beaters had
been at work half an hour, the report
of rifle some distance down the Tuttdh
announced that the enemy had made
his appearance. After few minutes
BlleQCG, Il SuOub 1ulOII4C0 l4H bAAelD bA41
shot was unsuccessful, and that the IT,
ger had doubled back. Presently great
hubbub among the Cleohants in the
7auLLah, and the shouts of the fright
ened n1ahOuts, announced that the tiger
was among them, and there he remained,
apparently determined not to bulge.
It so happened that was stationed
on the side of the nuLIGh close to the
beaters, and from my hO10dGh l could
see all that took place. The tiger lay
in some long reeds, and refused to
bulge. The elephants, one after anoth-
er, declined to face him, and it appeared
that his majesty intended quietly to re-
main where he was. At length, how
ever, a huge male elephant, which from
its savage temper had been purposely
kept in the background, was brought
to the attack by his nBahOEt, a thin,
withered old man. 1t was grand to see
the wrath of the elephant. Holding
his trunk aloft, and swaying about his
mighty legs, he stood for minute or
so uttering terrific rOars. until, becOm-
ing perfectly frantic, he dashed into the
reeds, and literally lifted the tiger on
his enormous tusks, and threw him
right out of the slulEah into the open.
I had a fair right-and-left shot, but
my excitement was so great that made
a clean miss. A perfect shower of
balls was sent after the tiger as he made
a short run in the opening, but he
reached the T1UlLGh, where, plunging
out of sight for a moment, he reap
peared at the opposite bank, and made
off across country, giving me another
chance. A ball frsm my second barrel
reached him, and broke his spine this
sealed his fate. Our host, who was on the
opposite bank, went up to him as he
sat with his headquarters paralyZed,
and the rest of his body raised on his
fore-legs, looking magnificently defiant,
and quietly dispatched him by putting
ball through his head.
Satisfied with our first bag OF tigers,
we returned to camp late in the evening
tremendously hungry and very proud
of our days work.
While we were at dinner, both the
tigers were brought into camp, attended
by a great crowd of vii1agers, who had
gathered from all the villages within
miles of us, and the moment the tigers
were taken off the elephants, the crowd
made a rush and commenced fighting
among themselves for the tigers whis-
kers, which the natives of India con-
slider a sovereign preventive against
sickness.-'' The AlislD1ee Hills" By
T. 7. Cooper.